Biological Approach

Question 1

What are the assumptions of the biological approach?

Answer 1

That behaviour has biological causes.

Unwanted behaviour can be fixed by biological treatments

Question 2

What is the genotype?

Answer 2

All the genes a person has

Question 3

What is the phenotype?

Answer 3

The characteristics that genes produce

Question 4

Name a disease that affects behaviour that is caused by faulty genes

Answer 4

Huntington’s disease

Question 5

What type of studies are good for investigating the effects of genes?

Answer 5

Twin studies and adoption studies

Question 6

Name a twin study

Answer 6

Gottesman 1991

Question 7

Name an adoption study

Answer 7

Heston 1966

Question 8

Which experiment used MRI scans to show changes in brain structure?

Answer 8

Maguire et al 2000

Question 9

Name a neurotransmitter

Answer 9

Dopamine

Seratonin

Question 10

Who did the angry cat experiment?

Answer 10

Bard and Mountcastle 1948

Question 11

Who did the hippocampus experiment?

Answer 11

Milner et al 1957

Question 12

Name a strength of the biological approach

Answer 12

It’s a very scientific approach

Question 13

Name a weakness of the biological approach

Answer 13

It doesn’t take into account the environment, experience or social situation