Biological approach

which of these assumptions is not part of the biological approach?

• behaviour is influenced by genetic predispositions

• behaviour is innate and inborn

• behaviour is affected by evolutionary influences

• harsh treatment or punishment during childhood can cause fixations and cause permanent personality traits

Identify two physiologists associated with the brain

• Broadbent and Miller

• Bowlby and Hunter

• Broca and Wernicke

What specialised nerve cells receive, process, and transmit information to other cells in the body?

• axons

• neurons

• croutons

Schizophrenia is understood by the biological approach to be caused by the overproduction of what hormone?

• dopamine

• noradrenaline

• oxytocin

From the point of view of being human, which of the following can the biological approach be criticised for disregarding?

• Our biology

• Our childhood environment

• Our physiology

What kind of scan was used in Raine et al's study?

• MRI

• PET

• CT

• all of the above

PET scans measure activity by measuring

• The rate of CO2 uptake

• The rate of oxygen uptake

• The rate of glucose uptake

• The rate of water uptake

who carried out the first lobotomies?

• Moniz and Freeman

• Raine et al

• Cosgrove and Rauch

• Mayberg et al

which lobes in the brain are responsible for receiving and coordinating messages from the other lobes as well as motor control, speech production and higher functions?

• parietal lobes

• occipital lobes

• frontal lobes

• temporal lobes

In a cingulotomy, probes are inserted into the brain to destroy a part of the ...

• cingulate gyrus

• anterior capsule

• temporal lobe

• hippocampus