nature nurture debate

A01 (nature)

behaviour is genetically pre programmed

A01 (heredity)

traits are passed down from one gen to another

A01 (nature Bowlby - attachment)

children biologically programmed to form attachments > attachment is innate > promotes survival > passed via heredity

A01 (nurture)

behaviour is the product of environmental influences

A01 (environment)

everything outside the body > people, events + physical world

A01 (nurture - attachment)

behaviourist theory > attachment learned through CC > food (UCS) + mother (NS) > mother becomes CS > pleasure response (CR)

A03 (interaction - Plomin)

genes influence parental behaviour > creates environmental conditions > E.G. parent with SZ = stressful home > nature can shape nurture

A03 (Maguire - neural plastcity)

taxi drivers had larger hippocampi > driving affected brain structure > UNCLEAR > does brain size cayse taxi skill or does taxi driving grow brain

A03 (interactionist approach)

favour interactionist view > diathesis-stress model > genes + stressor = disorder > E.G. aggression gene + abuse = expression of aggression