Nature v Nurture

• Interactionist Approach


  Idea that nature and nurture are linked to such an extent that it doesn't make sense to separate the two. Researchers instead study how they interact and influence each other
• Environment


  Any influence on human behaviour that is non-genetic. Ranges from pre-natal influences to cultural and historical influences at a societal level
• Heredity


  Genetic transmission of mental and physical characteristics from one generation to another
• Nature-nurture debate


  Concerned with extent to which aspects of behaviour are a result of inherited or acquired characteristics
• Nature


  Human characteristics that are a result of heredity(genes)
• Nurture


  Human characteristics are shaped by environment