Discuss the biological approach in psychology. Refer to at least one other approach in your answer. (12 marks) The biological approach focuses on both the physiological and evolutionary aspects which explain human behaviour. The causal level of analysis incorporates physiological explanations‚ such as the effect of nerves and hormones on behaviour. According to biological psychologists‚ behaviour is controlled by the nervous system‚ which consists of the central nervous system (the brain and the
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of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning." Since all the parts of an organism are needed for the basic function the alteration of the system when a species is transitioning would cause the organism to die. Charles Darwin even said that‚ "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed‚ which could not possibly have been formed by numerous‚ successive‚ slight modifications‚ my theory would absolutely break down." With Behe’s conclusion
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himself and that big businesses were good for the economy‚ however followers of The Social Gospel believed in Christianity‚ favored the poor‚ and believed that everyone should help one another. Social Darwinism was named after the Naturalist‚ Charles Darwin‚ and the belief of evolution in society. One of the founders of Social Darwinism is the philosopher Herbert Spencer‚ who influenced many Social Darwinist leaders‚ such as William Graham Sumner; Spencer often used the phrase “Survival of the fittest”
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The theory of evolution‚ formalized by Charles Darwin‚ is as much theory as is the theory of gravity‚ or the theory of relativity. Unlike theories of physics‚ biological theories‚ and especially evolution‚ have been argued long and hard in socio-political arenas. Even today‚ evolution is not often taught in primary schools. However‚ evolution is the binding force of all biological research. It is the unifying theme. In paleontology‚ evolution gives workers a powerful way to organize the remains of
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A) Charles Darwin states that in the beginning‚ all beings were created equal but due to the process of natural selection‚ some beings will be more prevalent than others. Because a species survival depends upon reproduction‚ those that are more appealing and accommodating will be reproduced more abundantly. These species have to generate from a beginning genus. The diagram on pages 170 and 171 are used to visually represent Charles Darwin’s idea of how an organism’s characteristics are determined
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characteristic or traits in living organisms which are passed from one generation to another and gives rise to diversity at every stage of the organism’s biological organisation. The process of evolution was not well understood until 19th century when Charles Darwin proposed the scientific theory of natural selection as a driving tool in evolution. The process involved both the macroevolution in which organisms went through major evolutionary changes over a long period of time and acquired different traits from
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The theory of Darwinism relies on scientific evidence. Darwin’s theory stated that evolution could change one type of organism into another. Darwin did not have a clear understanding of the laws of inheritance of such traits‚ because an Austrian monk‚ Gregor Mendel‚ discovered them only a few years earlier. In the 1900’s‚ geneticists incorporated Mendel’s four laws of inheritance into Darwin’s theory of evolution. They called this new theory‚ neo-Darwinism‚ in which the individual units of inheritance
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role for the field of psychology in society? 5. What particular personal challenges or characteristics‚ or conditions in the society and the profession of psychology‚ had the greatest impact upon your development as a psychologist? Charles Darwin‚ (AGE INPUT HERE) What do you consider to be the proper subject matter of psychology? The proper subject matter for psychology would help to explain our past‚ as well as assist in predicting our future. Evolutionary psychology (EP) will be
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Brain localisation This principles reflects the idea that causes of emotions‚ behaviour and thought lay within the human body. 2. Patterns of behaviour can be inherited This principle reflects the line of thought inspired by the work of Charles Darwin. It focuses on two branches of research: - Evolutionary psychology: which suggests that humans have changed physically and behaviourally according to the demands of the environment they are surrounded by. - The study of genetics: genes are transmitted
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He believes that the theory of natural selection‚ proposed by Darwin‚ is sufficient enough to explain the complexity of the natural world. As an atheist‚ Dawkins does not believe in God and states that religion and science are completely different things. Many scientists use the Big Bang theory to suggest that the
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