The Nature / Nurture Debate Related to Factors
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- The Nature / Nurture Debate Related to Factors
- Nature: Physical characteristics which are biologically determined by genetic inheritance.
- Nurture: The influences that an environment has on an individual including social and environmental factors.
- James Bulger
- Robert Thompson: Abused by his father, as were his mother and siblings; After his father left, violence continued when his brothers turned on themselves and his mother turned to alcohol; Mother and father were not good parents.
- Jon Venables: No violence at home or bullying at school, but was said to be the one who bullied others at school; Parents were estranged, although there wasn't a hint of abuse within the family; Jon's mother, Susan, experienced psychiatric problems and would complain of feeling 'overwhelmed' with parenting.
- Both Robert and Jon had attendance and behavioural problems at school.
- Gesell's Maturation Theory
- Children develop through similar and predictable sequences albeit at their own pace.
- The pace is influenced by internal factors (e.g. genetics and physical and mental development).
- Gesell only used white, middle class parents and children in his sample.
- Children develop through similar and predictable sequences albeit at their own pace.
- Bandura's Social Learning Theory
- Stress-Diathesis Model
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