Biological approach

Question 1

Evolutionary influences assumption

Answer 1

Inherting certain genes can increase the likelihood of different behaviours occuring.
If behaviour promotes survival and reproduction it is likely to be selected and passed onto the next generation-Natural selection.

Question 2

How does evolutionary influences impact the formation of relationships?

Answer 2

-women prefer older men with wealth as this suggests secuirty for her and her children.
-men prefer women with hourglass figures and youth as this suggest fertility

Question 3

Name two research studies to do with evolutionary influences

Answer 3

-Buss (1989) sex differences in human mate preferences
- Dunbar and waynforth (1995) lonely hearts advertisements

Question 4

How do genes impact evolutionary influences?

Answer 4

Inherting these genes can create a predispostion of different behaviours occuring , it does not guarentee that someone will develop that behaviour.
As the behaviours are not adaptive they are known as ‘abnormal’

Question 5

Name 5 genes

Answer 5

-MAOA
-CDH13
-DISC1
-DAOA
-5-HIT

Question 6

List the behaviours for these genes
-MAOA
-CDH13
-DISC1
-DAOA
-5-HIT

Answer 6

1.Warrior gene linked to violence
2.linked to violent behaviours
3.linked to schizophrenia
4.linked to schizophrenia
5.linked to depression

Question 7

Localisation of brain function assumption

Question 8

Neurotransmitters assumption

Question 9

Psychosurgery

Question 10

Evalutaion of psychosurgery

Question 11

Evaluation of the approach

Question 12

Methodolgy of Raine, Buchsbaum and LaCasse (1997)

Question 13

Procedure of Raine, Buchsbaum and LaCasse (1997)

Question 14

Findings of Raine, Buchsbaum and LaCasse (1997)

Question 15

Conclusion of Raine, Buchsbaum and LaCasse (1997)

Question 16

Ethial issues of Raine, Buchsbaum and LaCasse (1997)

Question 17

Social implicatiosn of Raine, Buchsbaum and LaCasse (1997)

Question 18

The ethics of neuroscience debate