Biological approach Flashcards
What is introspection and who proposed the idea?
The examination of ones own thought processes
WUNDT
What are the approaches
Different viewpoints of behaviour
What are the core assumptions of the biological approach
Behaviour affected by
Genetics
The CNS
chemo of body ( hormones)
What are hormones
Chemicals secreted by the endocrine system into the blood and other bodily fluids
What’s a genotype?
Individuals genetic make up
What’s a phenotype
Characteristics as a result of environment
What’s the link between evolution and behaviour
Adaptiveness
If characteristic means survival or reproduction the gene is passed on and mutation is adaptive
What are biological structures
Body is a collection of systems
What’s are the two areas of the nervous system
Central
Peripheral
What is the CNS
Brain and spinal cord
Transfers messages to and from the environment
Most actions and reactions generated from here
What is the peripheral nervous system
Accompanying system of CNS
Sends and receives info to CNS
What is the neutron
Nerve cell which transfers info between nervous systems
What’s the endocrine system
Maintains levels of hormones in blood by using glands in the body
What is neurochemistry
Chemical neurotransmitters which affect behaviour
Evaluation points of the biological approach
Scientific methods are objective Nature perspective (genetics) Too simplistic do not do complexity of human behaviour justice
