Are We Shaped More By Nature or Nurture? (With Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams)
About this episode
The episode explores the debate between nature and nurture in shaping human behavior with insights from Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams.
Are we shaped more by nature or nurture? Is biology or culture stronger in determining our choices? Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss this topic, with Evolutionary psychologist Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams joining for the discussion, on this latest episode. References and resources: Defining nature vs nurture: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/nature-vs-nurture Plato’s “inatism”: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/innatism Aristotle and John Locke’s “tabula rasa”: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/psychology/tabula-rasa
People in this episode
Hosts: Joseph Holmes, Nathan Clarkson
Guest: Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams
Topics covered
- nature vs nurture
- biology
- culture
- evolutionary psychology
- human behavior
Keywords
- nature
- nurture
- evolutionary psychology
- human choices
- Plato
- Aristotle
- John Locke
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Psychology Today, EBSCO
Books & works: Plato’s “inatism”, Aristotle and John Locke’s “tabula rasa”
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