6. According to the biological model, what are the main 4 possible causes of psychological disorder?
genetics, synapses, infections and brain injury
genetics, neurotransmitters, infection and brain injury
genetics, neurotransmitters, infection and brain scans
7. What is meant by brain injury being the cause of psychological disorders?
Too much or too little of a particular neurotransmitter may produce psychological disorders such as an increased level of dopamine being linked to Schizophrenia
Accidental brain injury may caused psychological disorders such as in the case of Phinaes Gage
Faulty genes are known to cause some diseases that have psychological effects such as Huntington's disease
8. What is meant by infection being the cause of psychological disorders?
Too much or too little of a particular neurotransmitter may produce psychological disorders such as an increased level of dopamine being linked to Schizophrenia
Disorders are caused by infection such as General Paresis, a condition involving delusion and moodswing which result in death. It is caused by Syphilis
Accidental brain injury may caused psychological disorders such as in the case of Phinaes Gage
9. What is meant by the biological therapy: ECT
Brain surgery involving destruction or seperation of parts of the brain for example the frontol lobotomy which helps to reduce aggresion
Electro-Convulsive Therapy in which an electric shock is administered to the brain, it can help to relieve depression
Drugs can be used to change neurotransmitter levels in the brain for example, phenothiazines reduce levels of Dopamine and thus relieve the symptoms of Schizophrenia
10. What does the biological model assume?
That psychological disorders are physical illnesses with physical cause
That all psychological disorders are caused by infection
That all psychological disorders are caused by neurotransmitters
11. What is meant by neurotransmitters being the cause of psychological disorders?
Faulty genes are known to cause some diseases that have psychological effects such as Huntington's disease
Too much or too little of a particular neurotransmitter may produce psychological disorders such as an increased level of dopamine being linked to Schizophrenia
Accidental brain injury may caused psychological disorders such as in the case of Phinaes Gage
12. What are the strengths of the biological model?
It has a strong scientific basis, it can be seen as ethical as it doesn't blame people for their disorders and biological therapies have helped relieve conditions that were hard to treat previously
Biological therapies raise ethical concerns for example, drugs can produce addiction and only supress the symptoms also psychological therapies can be just as effective and psychological disorders may not all be linked to physical causes
13. Which piece of research supportd Gottesman's study?
Heston's study into adoption
Heaton's study into adoption
Palmer's study into adoption
14. What is meant by the biological therapy: psychosurgery?
Brain surgery involving destruction or seperation of parts of the brain for example the frontol lobotomy which helps to reduce aggresion
Electro-Convulsive Therapy in which an electric shock is administered to the brain, it can help to relieve depression
Drugs can be used to change neurotransmitter levels in the brain for example, phenothiazines reduce levels of Dopamine and thus relieve the symptoms of Schizophrenia
15. What did Gottesman discover?
Having an identical twin with Schizophrenia gave you a 48% chance of getting the disease, this reduced to 17% in non-identical twins
5/47 of the children whose biological mothers had Schizophrenia developed the disease as opposed to 0/45 in the control group
16. What are the weaknesses or the biological model?
Biological therapies raise ethical concerns for example, drugs can produce addiction and only supress the symptoms also psychological therapies can be just as effective and psychological disorders may not all be linked to physical causes
It has a strong scientific basis, it can be seen as ethical as it doesn't blame people for their disorders and biological therapies have helped relieve conditions that were hard to treat previously
17. What points can be used to evaluate Gottesman's study?
It has a high ecological validity as the meta-analysis was carried out on field studies, there must be other factors involved as not all the second twins developed the disorder and family environment may play a part.
Interviews were used to collect the data which is a naturalistic way but they can be affected by social desirability bias
18. Who conducted a meta-analysis of 40 twin studies?