Biological Approach Evaluation

Question 1

What methods do the biological approaches use?

Answer 1

A range of precise and highly scientific methods - scanning techniques like FMRI’s and EEG’s/family and twin studies - reliable

Question 2

With advances in technology what does this mean?

Answer 2

It is possible to accurately measure biological/neural processes without bias - reliable

Question 3

What has increasing understanding of mental processes in the brain led to? - real life application

Answer 3

The development of psychoactive drugs that treat serious mental illnesses like depression - management of condition

Question 4

What is a limitation of the biological approach in terms of evidence from studies?

Answer 4

It is claiming to have discovered causes where only an association exists

Question 5

What type of determinism is the approach?

Answer 5

Very deterministic - sees human behaviour governed by internal causes that we have no control over

Question 6

What does the approach argue about twins etc?

Answer 6

Any similarities in the way twins/family members behave or look may be genetic

Question 7

Confounding variable in the research regarding twins?

Answer 7

They are exposed to sunlight environmental conditions - could be nurture rather than nature