Biological Psychology

• Assumptions of the biological approach

  1. the biological approach states that all behaviour has a physiological origin: all thoughts, feelings and behaviours have a biological basis. it states that physiological differences are due to genetics and we inherit characteristics from our parent
  2. researchers in this area do believe that although genetic information is inherited, the environment that an individual is in can alter how genetics are demonstrated, and how an individual matures

  Debates related: reductionism, determinism, individual, nature, interactionist