WorksheetsBiological approach
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
