Nature Vs Nurture

What is recent research more concerned with?

How nature and nurture interact

What is Nativism?

Extreme nature side of debate

Introduced by Descartes who believed human soul is already equipped with understanding of key concepts such as time when born

What is

Extreme nature side of debate

Introduced by Descartes who believed human soul is already equipped with understanding of key concepts such as time when born

Nativism

What does Descartes believe?

Introduced by Descartes who believed human soul is already equipped with understanding of key concepts such as time when born

What supports nativist viewpoint?

Field of biology and genetics

What is basis of nativist viewpoint?

Ppl are born w/ predispositions and pre-programmed behaviours

What is empiricism?

Extreme side of nurture side of debate

Born without ANY innate mechanisms

Person we become due to experiences

What is

Extreme side of nurture side of debate

Born without ANY innate mechanisms

Person we become due to experiences

Empiricism

Philosopher who supports empiricism

John Locke

Tabula rasa

What does John Locke’s Tabula rasa support?

Empiricism

What is empiricism supported by?

Learning approaches (behaviourism + SLT)

What did researcher Lerner identify?

2 different levels of environment as part of nurture:

Pre-natal + post-natal

Who identified 2 different levels of environment as part of nurture:

Pre-natal + post-natal

Lerner

What are the 2 levels of environment in nurture?

Pre-natal : Mother’s physical and psychological condition during pregnancy

Post-natal: Social conditions child grows up in eg: cultural + historic context

What is

Mother’s physical and psychological condition during pregnancy

Pre-natal

What is

Social conditions child grows up in eg: cultural + historic context

Post-natal