BLOA: LO/STUDIES

Question 1

OUTLINE THE PRINCIPLES THAT DEFINE THE BIOLOGICAL LEVEL OF ANAYLSIS AND EXPLAIN HOW THESE PRINCIPLES MAY BE DEMONSTRATED IN RESEARCH (3)

Answer 1

Newcomer et al 1999: cortesol & memory
Rosenzweig et al: rats & brain plasticity
Bouchard et al: Minnesota twin study

Question 2

EXPLAIN ONE STUDY RELATED TO LOCALISATION OF FUNCTION IN THE BRAIN (1)

Answer 2

HM

Question 3

EXPLAIN, USING ONE OR MORE EXAMPLES, THE EFFECTS OF NEUROTRANSMISSION ON HUMAN BEHAVIOUR (1)

Answer 3

Martinez and Kessler: Acetylcholine on memory

Question 4

EXPLAIN, USING EXAMPLES, THE FUNCTION OF TWO HORMONES ON HUMAN BEHAVIOUR (2)

Answer 4

Newcomer et al 1999: cortesol & memory

Baumgartner et al 2008: oxytocin and trust

Question 5

DISCUSS TWO EFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES (2-3)

Answer 5

Rosenzweig et al: rats & brain plasticity
Newcomer et al 1999: cortesol & memory
Maguire et al: Lonfon taxi drivers

Question 6

EXAMINE ONE INTERACTION BETWEEN COGNITION AND PHYSIOLOGY IN TERMS OF BEHAVIOUR. EVALUATE TWO RELEVANT STUDIES (2)

Answer 6

Davidson et al 2004: monks meditating, brain waves

Poulsen: meditators & structural changes

Question 7

DISCUSS THE USE OF BRAIN IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES IN INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND BEHAVIOUR (2)

Answer 7

Ashtari et al 2009: marijuana, brain development and MRI

Fiske et al 2006: pictures of outgroups, disgust and fMRI

Question 8

WITH REFERENCE TO RELEVANT RESEARCH STUDIES, DISCUSS THE EXTENT TO WHICH GENETIC INHERITANCE INFLUENCES HUMAN BEHAVIOUR (2)

Answer 8

Caspi et al 2003: depression gene

Bouchard et al: Minnesota twin study

Question 9

EXAMINE ONE EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION OF BEHAVIOUR (1)

Answer 9

Fessler et al: disgust in pregnant women

Question 10

DISCUSS ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN RESEARCH INTO GENETIC INFLUENCES ON BEHAVIOUR (1)

Answer 10

Caspi et al 2003: depression gene