The biological approach in psychology

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1. Selective breeding is...

  • a new form of reproduction
  • Naturally evolved species
  • The artificial selection of male and female animals for a particular trait
  • a type of breeding which occurs in specific animals
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2. what did Bock and Goode study

  • Violent and aggressive mice
  • Selective breeding
  • cats
  • Intellegence

3. A strength of the approach is

  • It supports the nurture side
  • it uses scientific experimental procedures in its investigations
  • It is reductionist
  • It is known by many people

4. Who supports the biological approach

  • Smith and Lloyd
  • Darwin and Bock & Goode
  • Bock and Goode
  • Darwin

5. A limitation of the approach is

  • it is scientific so is hard to disprove
  • many useful applications
  • It is reductionist as it explains behaviour and thought processes in terms of the actions of nerves and chemicals
  • it supports the nature side of the debate
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