biological approach

• what is this?

  suggests everything psychology is at first biological
• what’s the concordance rate for monozygotic twins 


  100%
• what is the concordance rate for dizygotic twins 


  50%
• whats a genotype 


  genetic makeup of a cell
• what’s a phenotype

  physical expressions
• what causes schizophrenia


  a faulty gene
• what does the cerebellum do?


  The cerebellum is responsible for coordinating voluntary movements, maintaining balance, and controlling muscle tone.
• what does the temporal lobe do?


  Processing auditory information, memory, language, and emotion.
• what does the occipital lobe do?


  takes in information
• what does the parietal lobe do?


  sensations
• what does the frontal lobe do?


  rational decision making
• what does the broca area do?


  Speech production
• what does wernickes area do?


  Language comprehension
• what is a strength of the biological approach?


  scientific
• what is a strength of the biological approach?


  useful application
• what’s a weakness of the biological approach

  biological reductionism
• what is a weakness of the biological approach?


  nature/nurture