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Issue and debates Part V

This Document is a compilation of A* responses to complex Issue and Debate Questions found across all 3 psychology papers. The document has essay plans as well as full complete essays with developed AO1 and AO3 for the following issue and debate topics: Nature and nurture, Psychological knowledge ...

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Nature vs nurture is Milgram - explains the schemas - nurture - our Raine - aggression is influence of role models,
behaviour down to evolutionary origins of experiences determine our determined by brain structure upbringing and
obedience- nature. Also schemas deficits - so is biologically environment- nurture
genes, biological nurture when he talks reductionist- nature
explanations (e.g. about the impact of society nurture approach is
neurotransmitters, and environment- Nature: advocates a nature point of advocated by learning
hormones) or destructive obedience Genetic brain deficits to the view investigating the genetic theorist psychologists who
environment. OR a hippocampus which could impact cause of various behaviours argue that we are all born
Social impact theory - SIN long term memory from aggression, with a ‘tabular rasa’ or
combination of the two - environmental influence schizophrenia and autism. It ‘blank slate’ and all our
Innate capacity of the brain can
of these - diathesis that sources have on be inferred from the consistent uses twin studies to measure behaviours are learnt either
stress model? targets to increase human findings of miller's magic the concordance rates from classical conditioning
obedience levels – nurture number 7+-2 seen in recall tests. between MZ and DZ twins, if or learning through
The nature nurture debate These findings suggest an innate concordance is higher for MZ association or operant
is about the extent to which Nature: capacity in terms of short term twins it suggests a genetic conditioning through the
our thoughts and Perhaps that people have memory. These could be inherited basis as they share the same consequences which follow
behaviours are determined evolved to act as agents in through our genes and ancestry. DNA compared to DZ twins a behaviour rewards and
by innate factors such as society who share half the same DNA. punishments, these
genes, hormones and We evolved to be obedient approaches tend to use lab
neurotransmitters or if and those with the Nurture: Nature: experiments and
behaviour and thought is obedience gene were cues in the environment are used deficits in brain structure or observations.
learnt through the most likely to survive. This to help us to remember, how we hormones or genes determine
environment such as was an adaptive survival encode something from the our behaviour such as Nature:
parental upbrining or mechanism in which those environment can affect forgetting/ aggression people have the id, ego and
schooling. with this gene were more recall MZ twins have higher superego and are guided by
likely to survive and pass Schemas - shaped by concordance rate of 100% in unconscious, innate
on their genes to the next experiences for example; the war terms of aggression, based on universal forces such as
generation, which means of the ghost ps - cultural the fact that both MZ and DZ sex drives (eros).
that natural selection takes experiences caused them to twins share genes
place. change the story around for The basal model says that a
Nurture: example; the canal and the boat high level of testosterone leads Nurture:
focuses on how society to increasing levels of the superego, also known
affects people, Including aggression which supports the as the morality principle, is
interactions of in groups nature argument influenced by upbringing,
Milgram's situational Nature and nurture: High inter natal exposure to parents and society
factors; rundown office; ps Nature relates to innate testosterone suggests that it is (environment)
were in a different characteristics such as genes, determined by genes and For example, witnessing
environment to theYale hormones, and the brain. biology parents arguing might
university - obedience Nurture relates to environmental Deficits in the brain structure cause the development of
dropped by 48% factors such as drugs, disease, affects levels of aggression- the superego as it is shaped
Telephone variation - and diet. Raine found that NGRIs who by society and parents,

, store model which emphasises the environment from Netflix or playing with
Milgram takes an nurture in the need for attention conception onwards affects friends
evolutionary stance to and rehearsal. how we nature and develop It is not innate, it is learnt
obedience and posits that Peterson & Peterson (1959) e.g diet and socioeconomic and developed
we are obedient to found the influence of rehearsal status all affect our biology The idea of catharsis,over
authority figures because on STM is a nurture factor Development of trauma can what we accept as normal
it’s a survival trait. In this Implications —> PA- this means impact the way genes are ways to let out aggression,
sense we can see how that if behaviours like rehearsal expressed can change. For example,
Milgram views are as part of memory is caused by Brain deficits that are caused someone might let out their
informed by nature. This nurture, it can be used by by accidents is a nurture anger by playing boxing for
can be seen as being teachers, where they can provide aspect of biological example, which is shaped
quite problematic since it students with revision sessions so explanation by society and can
suggests that destructive that they can revise and rehearse The environmental impact of influence others to do the
obedience (eg the information before exams, and drug taking can allow someone same
obedience seen by the perform well in exams to achieve euphoria, however,
soldiers in Nazi Germany So nurture can be used to modify when it down regulates, the Nature:
was caused by innate behaviours person's mood decreases Classical conditioning - the
factors rather than being unconditioned stimulus
able to be controlled by such as food are unlearnt
our conscience which P2: nurture Biological psychologists tend stimulus and the
promotes the idea that Tulving explained that our to view human behaviour unconditioned response is a
humans are not able to environment helps us encode our through the lens of nature. For natural reflex like the
freely choose to stand memory and acts as context cues example studying localisation stomach rumbling or
against destruction in our when recalling memory (the location of function areas salivating
society- there’s an So recalling episodic memory can of the brain) that may be Innate factors may mediate
element of imposition on be determined by nurture important for behaviours like in cognitive mediational
human ability which is Implications —> this means that if aggression. For example, factors ARRM. For
problematic arguably. behaviours like recalling episodic Raine concluded that deficits example, reproduction
memory can be determined by in brain areas can lead to which is the ability to
However, Milgram, from our environment, in cases of aggressive behaviours - he reproduce behaviour could
the three variations of his EWT, victims may provide an found that 41 NGRIs showed be determined by biology
original study, brings inaccurate eyewitness testimony less activity in the frontal lobe, Nurture:
attention into how in court because they do not have corpus callosum and Bandura says that role
proximity and the context cues to refer to like the especially in the prefrontal models influence our
perceived authority of the setting in which the crime scene cortex than the control group behaviour
authority future through took place e.g. bedroom of 41 non murderers. He also Operant conditioning is
uniform can also be PA- So context cues can be found less activity in the left learnt through
factors that can affect the provided in court by showing amygdala than the right which consequences; punishment
behaviour/obedience of pictures of the crime scene, so was asymmetrical. This or rewards; primary and
individuals- an example of witnesses’ can make a more suggests that aggression is secondary reinforcers. For

nurture accurate judgement and so the caused by innate brain example, in school settings

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