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- Nature and nurture are commonly regarded as fundamental determinants of behavior, with nature referring to heredity or evolution, and nurture to the environment or learning.
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In exploring Skinner on the nature-nurture dichotomy, we first discuss his ultimate explanations for innate and acquired behavior: phylogenic and ontogenic contingencies.
Oct 27, 2023 · The nature vs. nurture debate in psychology concerns the relative importance of an individual’s innate qualities (nature) versus personal experiences (nurture) in determining or causing individual differences in physical and behavioral traits.
Burrhus Frederic Skinner proposes the theory of operant conditioning that explains environmental (nurture) influences, and Noam Chomsky introduces the theory of language acquisition as a part of universal grammar to underline biological (nature) influences.
The Origins of Nature Versus Nurture. For much of recorded history, the distinction between nature and nurture was a temporal divide between what a person is innately endowed with at birth, prior to experience (nature), and what happens thereafter (nurture).
In exploring Skinner on the nature-nurture dichotomy, we first discuss his ultimate explanations for innate and acquired behavior: phylogenic and ontogenic contingencies. Second, we explore the ways in which he distinguished between these two sets of contingencies, that is, in terms of temporal relations, consequences, and what is selected.
- Bryan D. Midgley, Edward K. Morris
- 1998
Feb 1, 2024 · Nature vs. Nurture. Behaviorism strongly supports the nature vs. nurture debate, arguing that behavior is primarily learned from the environment.
Behavior analysis has been characterized as falling exclusively on the nurtttre side of the nature-nurture dichotomy. An examination of Skinner’s behaviorism, however, reveals that it acknowledges both nature and nurture as determinants of behavior.
