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    • What does the biological approach suggest about psychological behavior?
      Everything psychological is initially biological
    • Why must we look at biological structures to understand human behavior?
      To fully understand human behavior
    • Where does the mind reside according to the biological perspective?
      In the brain
    • How does the cognitive approach differ from the biological approach?
      Cognitive approach sees mental processes as separate
    • What does neurochemistry refer to?
      The action of chemicals in the brain
    • What role do neurotransmitters play in behavior?
      They facilitate chemical transmission in the brain
    • What mental disorder is associated with low serotonin levels?
      Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
    • What mental disorder is linked to overproduction of dopamine?
      Schizophrenia
    • How are psychological characteristics inherited?
      Like height or eye color
    • What do twin studies investigate?
      Genetic basis of psychological characteristics
    • What are concordance rates?
      Extent twins share the same characteristic
    • What is expected of identical twins regarding genetic characteristics?
      They should be concordant for genetic traits
    • How do non-identical twins differ in genetic sharing?
      They share about 50% of the same genes
    • What is the assumption about the environment in twin studies?
      The environment is assumed to be constant
    • What is a genotype?
      A person's actual genetic make-up
    • What is a phenotype?
      Expression of genes through characteristics
    • How can identical twins have different phenotypes?
      Due to different gene expressions
    • What do biological psychologists believe about behavior?
      It depends on nature and nurture interaction
    • Who proposed the theory of natural selection?
      Charles Darwin
    • What does the theory of natural selection explain?
      How genetically determined behavior enhances survival
    • How does natural selection occur in nature?
      Through advantages that enhance survival and reproduction
    • What is the analogy used to explain natural selection?
      A farmer selecting animals for breeding
    • What happens to traits if an individual survives but does not reproduce?
      Traits do not remain in the gene pool
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