Nurture
What Nurture means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
Environmental influences, such as parenting, education, diet, peers, culture and life experiences.
The influence of environmental factors, learning, and experiences on behaviour.
Topics that use Nurture
- Development (AQA GCSE)
- Issues and debates (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Nature
- Accommodation
- Active, discovery-based learning
- Application of developmental stages to education
- Application to examples of behaviour
- Assimilation
- Challenging Piaget’s methods
- Conservation and egocentricity
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