Nature/nurture
- Created by: Leia Compton
- Created on: 30-01-17 13:55
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- Nature/nurture debate
- Debate about influences on human behaviour
- Nature: Genetic inheritence
- E.G- eye colour, hair colour etc
- Nurture: External influences on development
- E.G- Environment child grows up in
- Gesell's maturation theory
- Interested in children's biological behaviour
- Observed large number of children to find the skills and abilities that most children had at each age group
- His findings were used to establish 'norms' for each developmental aspect
- Stress Diathesis model
- Helps to explain how stress caused by life events (nurture( can interact with an individuals genetic vulnerability (nature) to impact on their mental wellbeing
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