Biological Psychology

Question 1

What are the key concepts ?

Answer 1

Behaviour is due to biological processes these include genes, hormones

This area is firmly on the nature side of the nature nurture debate

Question 2

What are the strengths ?

Answer 2

Methods we use to obtain data are scientific and usually unbiased

Biological psychology supports determinism which means behaviour can be predicted

Question 3

What are the weaknesses ?

Answer 3

Research can be expensive

It tends to be very reductionist as it often ignores situational factors and upbringing