Schizophrenia, Biological Approach - AQA Psychology B
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Biological Approach
Genetics
Heston
Aims - To investigate the role of genetics in schizophrenia
Method - Heston compared 47 adopted children whose biological mothers had schizophrenia against a control group of no schizophrenia history
Results - none of the controls were diagnosed with schizophrenia, however 16% of the adopted children who had come from schizophrenic mothers were diagnosed
Conclusion - Inheritance does play a part in the disorder
Evaluation - Findings were well above the 1% chance level, therefore inheritance can put people at risk of getting schizophrenia. However the percentage was still only 16% so there must be other factors such…
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