Pysiological approach

Question 1

Key assumption of pysiological approach?

Answer 1

All thoughts, feelings and behaviours all have a pysiological cause.

Question 2

Key implication of pysiological approach?

Answer 2

1. Needs specialist equipment so trained specialists needed
2. Behaviour problems can be treated by drugs
3. Investigations are expensive due to specialist equipment

Question 3

Strength of pysiological approach?

Answer 3

Tends to gather quantitative data, easier to analyse and compare. Seen in maguires study where the cross- sectional measurements for then3 regions of the hippocampus were visually presented. Therefore, reduced subjectivity as there is little or no data interpretation.

Question 4

Strength of pysiological approach?

Answer 4

Useful, improve peoples lives, like brain injury rehabilitation. Seen in sperrys study where specific surgical procedures can affect a persons ability to do certain tasks. However this information only related to one part of then brain so cannot help all patients.

Question 5

Weakness of pysiological approach?

Answer 5

Reductionist, explains behaviour in terms of biology and didn’t consider social or cognitive factors. Seen in dement and klietmans study where dreaming is only explained through eye movements. However, a reductionist approach can be scientific and concise.

Question 6

Weakness of pysiological approach?

Answer 6

Often requires lab experiments, lacks ecological validity meaning findings may not be true to real life. Dement and klietmans study where’s ps slept in a laboratory wired up to EEG machines. Therefore, finding may not be able to be generalised out of a artificial environment.

Question 7

3 studies in the pysiological approach?

Answer 7

Maguire
Dement and klietman
Sperry