BIOLOGICAL APPROACH

?
  • Created by: _Holly98
  • Created on: 30-03-16 13:48

ASSUMPTIONS

UNDERSTAND BEHAVIOUR LOOK BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE PROCESSES WITHIN BODY E.G. NEUROCHEMISTRY

UNDERSTANDING BRAIN FUNCTION EXPLAIN THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIOUR

MIND LIVES BRAIN - THOUGHTS FEELINGS HAVE PHYSICAL BASIS

CONTRAST COGNITIVE APPROACH

1 of 7

GENETIC BASS OF BEHAVIOUR

STUDY CHARACTERISTICS - INTELLIGENCE SAME WAY PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS - HEIGHT

TWIN STUDIES DETERMINE LIKELYHOOD TRAITS GENETIC BASIS COMPARING CONCORDANCE RATES

IDENTICAL (MONOZYGOTIC) HIGER CONCORDANCE NON IDENTICAL (DIZYGOTIC) SCHIZOPHRENIA - GENETIC BASIS

MZ TWINS SHARE 100% GENES

2 of 7

GENOTYPE & PHENOTYPE

GENOTYPE GENETIC MAKEUP

PHENOTYPE WAY GENES EXPRESSED CHARACTERISTICS 

GENOTYPE INEVITABLY INFLUENCED ENVIORMENTAL FACTORS

SAME PHENOTYPES EXPRESSED DIFFERNTLY

ILLUSTRATES BEHAVIOUR DEPENDS INTERACTION INHERITED FACTORS & ENVIORNMENT

3 of 7

EVOLUTION & BEHAVIOUR

CHARLES DARWIN - NATURAL SELECTION

GENETICALLY DETERMINED BEHAVIOUR ENHANCE SURVIVAL CONTINUE FUTURE GENERATIONS

OCCURS NATURALLY

INDIVIDUAL SURVIVES NOT REPRODUCE TRAITS EXIT GENE POOL

4 of 7

EVALUATION: SCIENTIFIC METHODS OF INVESTIGATION

PRECISE HIGHLY SCIENTIFIC METHODS

TWIN STUDIES - DRUG TRIALS

ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY ACCURATE MEASURE BIO AND NERUAL PROCESSES

BASED RELIABLE DATA

5 of 7

EVALUATION: REAL LIFE APPLICATION

INCREASED UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS - TREAT MENTAL ILLNESS

NOT EFFECTIVE ALL PATIENTS

STRENGTH: SUFFER MANAGE CONDITION NORMAL LIFE

6 of 7

EVALUATION: CASUAL CONCLUSIONS

EXPLAIN MENTAL ILLNESS - NEUROTRANSMITTERS

EVIDENCE - PARTICULAR DRUG REDUCES SYMPTOMS ASSUME NEUROCHEMICAL IN DRUG CAUSES DISORDER

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN 2 FACTORS DOESNT MEAN ONE IS CAUSE

BIO APPROACH CLAIMING DISCOVERED CAUSES ONLY ASSOCIATED 

7 of 7

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Psychology resources:

See all Psychology resources »See all Approaches resources »