Biological Approach

Question 1

Assumptions

Answer 1

All that is psychological was first physiological as humans evolve to behave in certain ways to survive

Question 2

What is behaviour infleunced by

Answer 2

Genes and biological structures

Question 3

Types of studies used

Answer 3

Try to determine extent to which behaviours are a product of genes or environment
- concordance rates in twin, family, and adoption studies
- selective breeding

Question 4

Neurochemistry

Answer 4

Imbalance of neurotransmitters may cause mental disorders

Question 5

Genotype

Answer 5

genetic make up

Question 6

Phenotype

Answer 6

way genes are expressed
- physical, behavioural, psychological
- infleunced by environmental factors

Question 7

Evolution

Answer 7

Darwin’s idea of natural selection
- genetic behaviour that enhances survival and reproduction is passed on
- adaptive genes give us an advantage e.g. attachment

Question 8

AO3 + Scientific Methods

Answer 8

Including scanning techniques which aren’t open to bias as precise and objective therefore reliable

Question 9

AO3 + Application

Answer 9

Antipsychotic drugs to treat mental disorders

Question 10

AO3 - Lacks value

Answer 10

Drugs don’t work for everyone therefore not the only explanation

Question 11

AO3 - Determinist

Answer 11

Too simplictic + ignores mediating effects of the environment

Question 12

AO3 + natural selection

Answer 12

Fossil records

Question 13

AO3 - natural selection

Answer 13

Unfalsifiable