Nature Vs. Nurture AO3
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- Created on: 26-09-19 09:10
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- Nature Vs. Nurture - AO3
- Confounding factor of un-shared environments
- Research tries to tease out the influence of the environment is complicated.
- Even siblings raised in the same family will not have the same upbringing
- Shared and un-shared environments
- Dunn and Plomin (1990) suggest that individual differences mean that siblings may experience life events differently
- Evidence for the gene-environment interaction
- Scarr and McCartney (1983) outlined three types of gene-environment interaction
- Evocative
- Passive
- Active
- Each of these types the form of interaction is different
- Scarr and McCartney (1983) outlined three types of gene-environment interaction
- Understanding the interaction may have real-world implications
- Extreme belief of nature/nurture may have negative implications for the way we view human behaviour
- Nativists suggest 'anatomy is destiny'
- Controversial, in the attempt to link ethicity, genetics and intelligence and the application of eugenics policies
- May lead one to advocate a model of society that controls and manipulates its citizens
- Idea that pre-operational children are unable to understand class inclusion is also questioned by subsequent findings
- Strong commitment to nature/nurture position = hard determinism
- Nativist = 'anatomy is destiny'
- Empiricists = interaction with the environment is all
- Gene-environment interaction can be elaborated by constructivism
- People create their own nurture by actively selecting environments that are appropriate for their nature.
- Constructivism
- A naturally aggressive child is likely to feel comfortable around children who show similar behaviours
- The environment then affects their development
- Plomin (1994) refers to this as niche-picking and niche-building
- People create their own nurture by actively selecting environments that are appropriate for their nature.
- Strength
- Limitation
- Confounding factor of un-shared environments
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