The biological approach evaluation

Question 1

name an evaluation point

Answer 1

There are dangers of genetic explanations
Critics believe that this may lead to the genetic screening of the population to identify this genetic susceptibility and subsequent discrimination against those with a predisposition for criminality (there is a genetic basis of criminality)
genes may also be used for convenient explanations for complicate human behaviour despite that the connection between genes and complex behaviour is far from straightfoward

Question 2

name a second evaluation point

Answer 2

there are problems with evolutionary explanations
critics have established that many patterns of human behaviour have purely cultural origins with no survival value such as in places such as China and India the sex ratio at birth is strongly biased in favour of males which has resulted in selective abortion or the witholding of resources from daughters

Question 3

Name a third evaluation point

Answer 3

The biological approach is reductionist

it is criticised for the belief that complex behaviour can be broken down into the actions of genes

Question 4

Name a final evaluation point

Answer 4

it is applicable
significant applications of the biological research in the real world have been conducted such as research into neurochemical imbalance has lead to the development of effective drug treatments