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Nature vs Nurture

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Nativism is the belief that....

a)

behaviour is a stimulus-response

b)

characteristics and behaviour are learned

c)

characteristics and behaviour are innate

d)

behaviour is inevitable

2.

Empiricists argue that we are what, at birth?

a)

in possession of basic schema

b)

a blank slate

c)

ready to learn

d)

already full of inherited characteristics

3.

What is used to assess heredity?

a)

Heritability co-efficient

b)

Genetic index

c)

Nature-Nurture spectrum

d)

Concordance index ratio

4.

Nurture influences include the pre-natal environment: TRUE OR FALSE?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Considering a relative contribution to behaviour of both nature and nurture is known as..

a)

constructivism

b)

reciprocism

c)

interactionism

d)

unfalsifiable

6.

The life experience of previous generations influencing the genetic code is known as:

a)

Eugenics

b)

Determinism

c)

Evocative Interaction

d)

Epigenetics

7.

Which psychologist/s studied the fear response of rodents to determine the impact of epigenetics?

a)

Dunn and Plomin

b)

Scarr and McCartney

c)

Dias and Ressler

d)

Lerner

8.

Feeling more comfortable around children who show similar behaviours is known as....

a)

niche picking

b)

selective interaction

c)

active interaction

d)

passive environmentalism

9.

'Anatomy is Destiny' is

a)

an Empirical position

b)

a Nativist position

c)

a Soft Determinism position

d)

a Diathesis-Stress explanation

10.

The behaviourist approach is

a)

a nature explanation of behaviour

b)

a nurture explanation of behaviour

c)

an interactionist explanation of behaviour

d)

a constructivist explanation of behaviour