The Nature-Nurture Debate

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Behaviour that is inherited. Any ability that is determined by genes, including those that appear through maturation.
nature
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Behaviour that is acquired through experience, by interactions with the physical and social environment.
nurture
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The question of whether behaviour is determined more by nature or nurture.
nature-nurture debate
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The genetic transmission of mental and physical characteristics from one generation to another.
heredity
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Any influence on behaviour that is non-genetic, ranging from pre-natal influences in the womb to cultural and historical influences at a societal level.
environment
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Consists of DNA strands, and is passed to offspring. Has the 'instructions' for general and specific physical features of an organism (eye colour and brain structure). These features may impact physiological features (such as intelligence).
genes
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The idea that nature and nurture are linked to such an extent that it does not make sense to separate the two, so researchers instead study how they interact and influence each other.
interactionist approach
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States that the only source of knowledge comes through our senses – e.g. sight, hearing etc.
empiricism
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Behaviour that is acquired through experience, by interactions with the physical and social environment.

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Any influence on behaviour that is non-genetic, ranging from pre-natal influences in the womb to cultural and historical influences at a societal level.

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