Biological approach

Question 1

Biological approach

Assumptions

Answer 1

approach emphasising importance of physical processes in the body- e.g. genetic inheritance, neural function

Question 2

Biological approach

parts

Answer 2

Genetic basis of behaviour
Evolution and behaviour
Genotype
Phenotype

Question 3

Genetic basis of behaviour

Answer 3

└twin studies
  └compare likelihood certain traits have a genetic basis 
  └compare concordance rates- extent to which twins share same basis 
└monozygotic- identical twins 
  └higher concordance
  └share 100% genes
└dizygotic- non-identical twins
  └lower concordance
  └share 50% genes

Question 4

Evolution

definition

Answer 4

the changes in inherited characteristics in a biological population over successive generations

Question 5

Evolution

person and theory

Answer 5

└Charles Darwin
└natural selection
└better genetics= survive (reproduce)

Question 6

Genotype

Answer 6

└genetic makeup

└nature

Question 7

Phenotype

Answer 7

└characteristics determines by genes and the environment

└nurture

Question 8

Biological approach

strengths

Answer 8

Scientific methods 
└scanning techniques –fMRIs
└twin studies, drug trials 
└neural processes
  └=based on reliable data 

Real life application
└development of psychoactive drugs
└e.g. for depression- effective for many
└=sufferers can manage condition

Question 9

Biological approach

limitations

Answer 9

Determinist view
└no control over behaviour- biological
└implications for legal system

Correlation not causation
└explains mental illnesses via neurotransmitters
└from evidence that a particular drug reduces symptoms of mental disorder
└assumed neurochemical in drug causes mental disorders
└association doesn’t mean cause