nature/nurture

• factors including in nurture - upbringing , environment
• nature - genetics / biology
• nature and nurture is a debate because we debate the importance or combination of both
• the importance of nature is demonstrated through twin studies
• most psychologists take an interactionalist appraoch when discussing this debate
• a model that requires both a genetic and environmental factor to be present before a disorder is triggered is the diathesis-stress model
• epigenetics is the dormant gene that is activated by life events