Biological explanations of AN: Dopamine
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EvaluationThe neurological explanations are extremely biological and on the side of nature over nurture. No where in the neurological arguments are potential psychological causes of AN mentioned. This makes the approach reductionist because it reduces complex human behaviour down to one factor. We must take a holistic view, as there is research to support psychological explanations of AN (such as Gregory et al 2000), as well as biological explanations of AN.The biological explanations can be criticised as biologically deterministic because they ignore the free will and ability of individuals to control their own behaviour. The explanations suggest that if someone has particular genes or biochemical imbalances they will inevitably have an eating disorder, which ignores the individual’s motivation to resist or overcome eating disorder. |
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