Nature and nurture

• Behaviourist

  • nurture
  • its a consequence of our interactions with the environment and the consequences of our behaviour within that environment
• social learning

  • nurture - people learn as a result of observing others
• cognitive

  • nature and nurture
  • thought processes may be a product of innate factors or our experiences
  • we all share the same means of cognitive processing, but problems may arise when people develop irrational thoughts and beliefs as a result of their experiences
• biological

  • nature
  • biological systems such as the CNS and the endocrine system are the product of innate factors
• psychodynamic

  • nature and nurture
  • focuses on the nature side of human behaviour in the unconscious forces and conflicts that we must deal with
  • we cope with these in a large way a product of our upbringing
• humanistic

  • nature and nurture
  • makes various assumptions about human nature (e.g drive to self actualise)
  • also acknowledges the problems in achieving self actualisation that arise from our experiences and upbringing