What physical characteristics are biologically determined by genetic inheritance?
Eye Colour, Skin Colour and Body Shape
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There's a debate as to whether psychological characteristics are 'wired' in before a child is born or whether they are influenced by the environment, e.g.
Personality, mental health/illness, mannerism, emotions and language
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What does Bowlby's theory of attachment explain?
The bonds between mother and child as being intimate
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Chomsky's proposal that all language is developed through the use of an innate LAD also comes from...
a biological perspective
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What is the nature perspective based on?
An assumption that all individuals have an inner 'biological clock' that determines when and at what rate physical development will progress
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What was Gesell interested in?
Children's maturation
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What approach did Gesell use?
The 'normative approach' to researching children
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What did Gesell observe?
Large numbers of children to find the skills and abilities that most children have in each age group
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What were Gesell's findings used to create?
They were used to create milestones (norms) for each developmental group
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What did Gesell conclude?
That children move through development at their own pace, that development was predetermined and that the environment had little impact
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What is delayed development?
Hereditary not environmental
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Crirticism 1 of The Nature Debate
That it's not very helpful in explaining individual or cultural differences it for children with learning difficulties
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What is positive reinforcement?
The behaviour is repeated because of personal satisfaction (intrinsic reinforcement) or rewards (extrinsic reinforcement)
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What is negative reinforcement?
The behaviour is not repeated to avoid an adverse experience, such as a lack of satisfaction or to avoid being told off
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What is Bandura's social learning theory based on?
An observation of learning which are influenced by observing the behaviour of others
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Examples of Nurture
Interests, Hobbies and Friends
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What does the Nature Debate focus on?
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It focuses on the influence of human behaviour
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What physical characteristics are biologically determined by genetic inheritance?
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Card 4
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There's a debate as to whether psychological characteristics are 'wired' in before a child is born or whether they are influenced by the environment, e.g.
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