Biological Approach Flashcards
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Biological approach?
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- Perception that emphasis the importance of physical processes in the body, such as genetic inheritance and neural function
2
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Biological approach → main assumptions?
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- That our thinking + behaving ares strongly determined by biological factors.
- focuses on genetics, neurostemists, nervous + endocrine system,evolution and behavior
3
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Key term: neurochemistry?
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- Chemicals in brain that regulate psychological functioning
4
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Key term: phenotype?
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- characteristics of an individual
- determined by both genes + environment
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Key term: genotype?
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- Set of genes a person has
6
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Key term: evolution?
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- Changes in inherited characteristics in a biological population over successive generations
