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18 Cards in this Set
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What is the nature debate concerned with? |
Genes and their influence on our behaviour they are passed onto offspring from parents |
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What is the nature side of the debate concerned with? |
The role of the environment and experience in shaping the person's responsibility and behaviour |
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What are the four levels of the environment? |
Inner biological level Individual psychological level Physical environment level Sociocultural historical level |
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What is the inner biological level? |
Mothers physical state during pregnancy any influence exerted by the genes can be modified by physiological state of mother |
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What is the individual psychological level? |
Mothers psychological state for example stress during pregnancy |
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What is the physical environment level? |
Post birth experiences for example pollution, noise and overcrowding |
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What is socio cultural historical level? |
Wherein when the child is born the current state of knowledge, education and healthcare |
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What are the three types of genotype environment correlations? |
Passive Reactive Active |
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What is a passive genotype environment correlation? |
People with similar genes and likely to experience similar environments |
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What is a reactive genotype environment correlation? |
Genetically determined characteristics shape a person's experiences and to react more positively towards attractive people |
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What is an active genotype environment correlation? |
People with inherited tendency seek out certain environments and shape their behaviour |
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Explain the diathesis stress model? |
suggest that although people may inherit the predisposition to schizophrenia the environmental stressors is required to develop the disease |
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What are the implications for psychiatry? |
Individuals could be screened and potential sufferers could be advised and assisted to avoid extreme sources of stress |
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Explain PKU in relation to implication for dietary choices? |
People cannot metabolize protein in everyday foods it is instead broken down into a substance that is poisonous to developing nervous systems People can be raised on a PKU free diet and have a normal life |
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What are the practical applications for nature side? |
Drug therapies can be developed to treat behavioral problems |
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What are the practical applications for nurture side? |
When behaviour is susceptible to the environment influences need to consider how to adapt to our environment |
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Is it reductionist and deterministic? |
Yes the nature side of the debate suggests we are determined to develop behaviours from birth to ignore free will Ignore the environment Nurture debate is reductionist as it suggests all behaviours displayed are because of the environment |
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Explain research attempting to separate the environment been complicated by siblings? |
Does being raised in the same family may not have experienced the same upbringing shared an unshared environments suggest individual differences mean that siblings may experience life events differently |
