Biological Psychology

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What is biological psychology?

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Biological psychology examines how physical factors such as genes determine behaviour.

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What occurred during the twin studies?

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Twins were separated at birth and brought up in different households displayed remarkably similar behaviour in adult life.

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What did researchers find when they scanned teenager brains?

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Scans of teenage brains have revealed that adolescent brains process information in a different way to adult brains.

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What is evolutionary psychology?

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Evolutionary psychology explores how behaviour and personality develop differently, through complex biological systems.

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What is natural selection in evolutionary psychology?

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Natural selection explores the idea that species adapt over time or evolve mechanism that facilitate survival.

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What is psychological adaptations in evolutionary psychology?

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Psychological adaptations looks at the mechanisms people use for language acquisition and detecting cheats.

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What are individual differences in evolutionary psychology?

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Individual differences seeks to explain the differences between people.

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What is information processing in evolutionary psychology?

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Information processing suggests that brain function and behaviour have been moulded by information taken in from the environment.

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What are the three different approaches of biological psychology? Options: Physiological, Biological, Psychological; Social, Biological, Psychological; Psychological, Physical, Mental; Physiological, Medical, Genetics

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Physiological, Medical, Genetics

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What do you a call a person who studies biological psychology?

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Biopsychologist