Assessing understanding of nature‑nurture, free will and determinism

5 questions

Students are evaluated on key concepts and debates surrounding genetic vs environmental influences and philosophical views on human agency.

Questions

1. What does the term 'nature' refer to in the nature‑nurture debate?
2. Behaviourist theories generally reject the existence of free will.
3. Which thinker is most closely associated with a deterministic view of human behaviour?
4. Which type of research provides the strongest evidence for a genetic contribution to intelligence?
5. The interactionist approach claims that nature and nurture act completely independently of each other.