biological

Question 1

Assumptions

Answer 1

└approach emphasising importance of physical processes in the body- e.g. genetic inheritance, neural function
└must look at biological structures
└genes, neurochemistry, nervous system
└thoughts, feelings, behaviour have a physical basis

Question 2

Genetic basis of behaviour

Answer 2

└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 3

Evolution and behaviour

Answer 3

└evolution- the changes in inherited characteristics in a biological population over successive generations
└Charles Darwin
└natural selection
└better genetics= survive (reproduce)

Question 4

Genotype

Answer 4

└genetic makeup

└nature

Question 5

phenotype

Answer 5

└characteristics determines by genes and the environment

└nurture

Question 6

Strengths

Answer 6

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 7

Limitations

Answer 7

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

Question 8

points

Answer 8

Genetic basis of behaviour
Evolution and behaviour
Genotype
phenotype