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Biological Approach Flashcards

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What is a PET scan?

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Positron Emission Tomography - radioactive glucose injected into bloodstream. Parts of brain active during a task use most blood flow so shows activity. Average activity over 60 sec only

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What is a MRI scan?

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Provides detail on structure only. Magnetic resonance imaging

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What is a fMRI scan?

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging. Shows structure and function

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What is an EEG?

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Electro enchapolograph. Measures electrical brain waves. Can show abnormalities

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What is ERP?

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Measure of brain response (electrical) when performing a set task

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Who studied taxi drivers?

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Maguire (2000)

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What did Maguire find?

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Taxi drivers in London had a larger hippocampus than a control group of non- taxi drivers. It was a natural experiment on men with an average age of 44. Concluded that the hippocampus was responsible for spatial representation of the environment

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What are the 3 main assumptions of the BA?

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Behaviour can be understood by looking at genes, hormones, the nervous system and evolution
Everything that is psychological was first biological
NHA research can inform us about human behaviour

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Who studied MZ and DZ twins and schizophrenia ?

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Gottesman (1991)

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What did Gottesman find?

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That MZ twins had a 48% concordance rate whereas DZ had 17%

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What does DZ stand for?

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Dizygotic- non-identical

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What does MZ stand for?

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Monozygotic- identical

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What is a concordance rate?

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The rate that people will share the same disorder

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Heston (1966) conducted an adoption study and found that 5 of the 47 adopted children whose biological mother had schizophrenia developed it themselves (comp to 0 controls). What does this show?

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Schizophrenia has a genetic basis but it is not the whole story

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Define genotype

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The genes a person has

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Define phenotype

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The characteristics that the genes produce, eg curly hair

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Who studied mate preference?

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Buss (1989)

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What did Buss find?

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That in almost all of his 37 samples throughout the world, men sought young, attractive women whilst women sough older, ambitious males. Implies an evolutionary basis to attraction.

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What did Singh find?

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A preference for 0.69 hip-to-waist ratio in women (by men). Supports Buss

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Is serotonin a hormone or a neurotransmitter?

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Neurotransmitter

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Is oestrogen a hormone or neurotransmitter?

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Hormone

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What is the function of the endocrine system?

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To regulate bodily functions

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What is the role of the hypothalamus?

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To control the pituitary gland

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Which is the master gland?

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The pituitary gland. It releases hormones that control the others

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What is another name for the endocrine system?

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The hormonal system

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How do hormones have an effect?

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Diffuse with blood and travel round the body to target organs - can only bind to specific receptors though (target cells)

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What does the pineal gland produce?

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Melatonin - controls sleep

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What does the thyroid gland produce?

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Thyroxine. Regulates growth

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What does the parathyroid produce?

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Parathyroid hormone - controls levels of minerals, eg calcium - which also helps growth

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What does the thymus gland do?

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Regulates immune system

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What do the adrenal glands do?

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Regulate stress response. Contains 2 parts - adrenal cortex and adrenal medulla

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What does the pancreas produce?

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Insulin and glucagon - blood sugar regulation

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What do the gonads produce?

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Ovaries - oestrogen

Testes - testosterone

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What does NOT increase during fight or flight?

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Digestion activity

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Which part of the nervous system is involved in fight or flight?

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Autonomic- sympathetic branch - speeds things up and stimulates behavioural response. It is automatic - by-passes consciousness

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What can you do to reduce stress and an exam and trigger your PNS?

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Breathe deeply

37
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Which structure triggers fight or flight?

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Hypothalamus

38
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What is a synapse?

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Junction between cells/neurone

39
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What is a synaptic cleft?

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The gap

40
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State one strength and one weakness of the BA?

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Strength - evidence based (empirical) and scientific

Weakness - reductionist

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