Theories Of Nature Vs. Nurture Argument
Nature vs nurture
the nature nurture argument has been around since 1869, it is a term in psychology related to weather nature which is our genes we inherit from our parents (DNA) or is it nurture- the environment where we live that most impact on psychological development. Do we behave the way we do because it is imprinted in our DNA or is it our environment reflecting on our behaviour. Some scientist argue on the nature side, that your characteristics and personality are purely based on your genetic predispositions, then other scientist on the nurture side believe it comes from the environment we live and grow up in and through experience. I am going to discuss some theories on both sides …show more content…
Classical conditioning is learning through association. A natural stimulus becomes associated through a known stimulus; to back this theorist Ivan pavlov Russian 1927 physiologist accendently discovered classical conditioning through his research into the digestive system, in his experiment he offered the dog food and saliva production increased. He went on further to then notice if he rang a bell then fed the dog the dog would associate the bell with food and salivate when they heard the sound of the bell it had learned the bell signalled food and new behaviour had been learned and salivating was a reflux response. A stimulus response (connection that does not require learning) i.e. salivating a natural response.
Salivating is an unconditioned response and food is unconditioned stimulus and salvation becomes an unconditioned response, finally after conditioning the bell becomes a conditioned stimulus and salivating becomes the conditioned response, pavolv found the two stimuli (food and bell)had to be presented quickly for learning to occur.. He called this
the nature nurture argument has been around since 1869, it is a term in psychology related to weather nature which is our genes we inherit from our parents (DNA) or is it nurture- the environment where we live that most impact on psychological development. Do we behave the way we do because it is imprinted in our DNA or is it our environment reflecting on our behaviour. Some scientist argue on the nature side, that your characteristics and personality are purely based on your genetic predispositions, then other scientist on the nurture side believe it comes from the environment we live and grow up in and through experience. I am going to discuss some theories on both sides …show more content…
Classical conditioning is learning through association. A natural stimulus becomes associated through a known stimulus; to back this theorist Ivan pavlov Russian 1927 physiologist accendently discovered classical conditioning through his research into the digestive system, in his experiment he offered the dog food and saliva production increased. He went on further to then notice if he rang a bell then fed the dog the dog would associate the bell with food and salivate when they heard the sound of the bell it had learned the bell signalled food and new behaviour had been learned and salivating was a reflux response. A stimulus response (connection that does not require learning) i.e. salivating a natural response.
Salivating is an unconditioned response and food is unconditioned stimulus and salvation becomes an unconditioned response, finally after conditioning the bell becomes a conditioned stimulus and salivating becomes the conditioned response, pavolv found the two stimuli (food and bell)had to be presented quickly for learning to occur.. He called this