Biological approach

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Definitions
Central nervous system,
Synapse,
Receptor
13  cards
Twin studies
What are monozygotic twins,
What are dizygotic twins,
What is twin studies aim
6  cards
Adoption studies
What do they aim to do,
What do they then suggest
2  cards
MRI scanning
Why are scanning techniques usefu...,
What type of scan is this s f,
What does a structural scan mean
4  cards
PET scanning
Why are scans useful to researchers,
What type of scan is this s f,
What does a functional scan mean
4  cards
Animals in Lab experiments
When are animals chosen to be use...,
1 example of an unethical experim...,
What happened in pfeiffer
6  cards
Ethical issues using Animals in Lab experiments
Number of animals used,
Rules on anaesthetics,
Using non animal alternatives whe...
5  cards
Genes and the nature/nurture debate
What are genes,
Give an example of something a ge...,
Does a single gene control a part...
6  cards
Biological explanation for gender development
What is out gender a direct conse...,
How is sex determined at conception,
What does an xy pair lead to
10  cards
Evaluation of The Biological explanation for gender development
1 strength regarding credibility,
Evidence to support having eviden...,
Application
8  cards
Money study
When and where was the study carr...,
How did bruce reimers penis get d...,
How did the reimers hear of dr money
25  cards
Evaluation of Money case study
Ecological validity,
Validity,
A strength regarding the nature n...
6  cards
Raine Study
What was the aim,
What type of scan did the study use,
What was the sample
16  cards
Evaluation of Raine study
Reliability,
A strength regarding pet scans,
A weakness regarding the natural ...
6  cards
Key issue
What is the key issue,
What does a transgender operation...,
When can these operations be done
5  cards
issues with using concepts of the biological approach
What is androgen insensitivity sy...,
What two types of ais can you have,
What usually happens with those w...
8  cards
Biological practical
What is the research question,
What was the aim of our experiment,
What was our one tailed hypothesis
14  cards
Evaluation of twin studies
1 strength regarding nurture bein...,
1 strength regarding ecological v...,
1 strength regarding data collection
5  cards
Evaluation of adoption studies
1 strength base on ethics,
1 strength based on ecological va...,
1 strength regarding data collection
5  cards
Evaluation of animal experiments
1 strength in regard to experimen...,
1 strength in regards to animal a...,
1 strength in terms of reliability
8  cards

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