Nature v Nurture

    Cards (6)

    • 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
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