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What is the nature/nurture debate?

What is the nature/nurture debate?

Continuum from mostly nature to mostly nurture showing Sperry near nature, Maguire in the middle, and Bandura near nurture The nature/nurture debate asks how far behaviour comes from nature and how far from nurture. Nature means biological and inherited influences such as genes, brain structure, neurochemistry, and maturation.

Nature/nurture Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Nature/nurture

Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level Psychology Nature/nurture for A Level Psychology. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Component 01, Component 02 and Component 03 format. Start with the compulsory core topics before tackling the more evaluation-heavy optional and issues-and-debates content.

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