Issues and debates: The nature-nurture debate

What is the view that behaviour is the product of innate biological or genetic factors?

• Environmentalism

• Empiricism

• Nurture

• Nature

What is the process in which traits are passed down from one generation to the next?

• Natural Selection

• Maturation

• Heredity

• Evolution

What is the concordance rate for schizophrenia in MZ twins according to Joseph (2004)?

• 7.4%

• 1%

• 40.4%

• 46%

Which disorder is used as an example of a genetically transmitted disorder that usually emerges between the ages of 30 and 50?

• Schizophrenia

• Bipolar disorder

• PKU

• Huntington’s disease

Who proposed that children come into the world biologically programmed to form attachments?

• John Watson

• Bandura

• John Locke

• Bowlby

What is the view that behaviour is the product of environmental influences?

• Nature

• Nurture

• Genetic Determinism

• Nativism

Who famously wrote about training infants to become any type of specialist regardless of their background?

• John Locke

• Gottsman and Shields

• Bandura

• John Watson

What theory suggests that schizophrenia is the result of disordered communication within the family?

• Social Learning Theory

• Double Bind Theory

• Diathesis-Stress Model

• Classical Conditioning

What is the term used to describe the brain's ability to reorganise itself by forming new neural connections throughout life?

• Neuroplasticity

• Genetic Predisposition

• Maturation

• Niche-Picking

What type of gene-environment interaction involves a child’s heritable traits influencing his or her choice of environment?

• Passive

• Reactive

• Evocative

• Active