OVERALL EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS - AO3

Question 1

A CAUSE OR EFFECT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA:

Answer 1

ONE ISSUE WITH THE BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONSIS THAT IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS CAUSE SCHIZOPHRENIA OR AS A RESULT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH A CASUAL LINK

Question 2

REDUCTIONIST:

Answer 2

THE BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS CAN BE ACCUSED OF BEING OVER SIMPLISTIC BECAUSE IT IGNORES THE ROLE OF SOCIAL FACTORS WHICH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

Question 3

DETERMINISTIC:

Answer 3

ANOTHER WEAKNESS OF THE BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS IS THAT THEY ARE BIOLOGICALLY DETERMINISTIC. IF AN INDIVIDUAL HAS BIOLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES, IT DOESNT MEAN THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA.
FURTHERMORE, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS SEEMED TO BE ASSOCIATED MORE WITH THE POSITIVE SYMPTOMS, SO IT MIGHT ONLY CONTRIBUTE TO SOME ASPECTS OF THE DISORDER

Question 4

COMPARISON TO OTHER EXPLANATIONS:

Answer 4

THE BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN PROVIDING ANTIPSYCHOTIC TREATMENTS, COMPARED TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL OR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES EXPLANATIONS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA. BEFORE THE USE OF ANTIPSYCHOTICS, SCHIZOPHRENIA WAS CONSIDERED UNTREATABLE