Biological Approach
What is the biological approach to understanding behaviour?
The study of human behaviour by focusing on possible biological causes.
What is the cognitive approach to understanding behaviour?
The study of human behaviour by focusing on cognition and thought patterns.
What is the sociocultural approach to understanding behaviour?
The study of human behaviour by focusing on social and cultural influences.
What does "interaction" mean in this internal?
What two types of differences between approaches do you need to be able to explain?
Theoretical
Methodological
People with which COMT variant are more likely to have a small hippocampus if they have lots of ACEs?
MET MET
Which of the following is NOT a cognitive process?
Appraisals
Locus of control
Resources
Secondary appraisal
Resources
Which socioeconomic status is the risk for PTSD?
Low
ACEs create hyper-activity in which part of the brain?
Amygdala
What is the theoretical assumption of the biological approach?
That behaviour is caused by biology
What are three major causes of behaviour according to the biological approach?
Brain
Chemical messengers (e.g. hormones)
Genes
Which type of locus of control puts you at higher risk for PTSD?
External
What are four ACEs?
Divorce
Living with mental illness
Having someone in your family go to prison
Abuse/neglect
Lots of social support might improve what cognitive process?
Appraisals - they can offer you support so your secondary appraisal becomes "I can cope with the stressor!"
What approach uses more observations than the other two approaches? (It's the only approach where you can see some of the factors that influence behaviour, e.g. other people)
Sociocultural
Which part of the hippocampus regulates the stress response?
Ventral hippocampus (bottom part)
What type of appraisals make you more at risk for developing PTSD?
Negative appraisals
(or harmful or threatening appraisals)
Functional (the actual resources you get) and structural support (people around you)
Amygdala
Which two approaches rely a lot on self-reported data from questionnaires?
Sociocultural and cognitive
Which hormone shrinks the hippocampus after chronic stress from ACEs or other chronic stress?
Cortisol
According to the biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat, what happens to your arteries in a challenge response?
They dilate - more blood is pumped.
Low socioeconomic status is likely to affect what cognitve process?
Appraisals - whether or not you have the resources to cope with a stressor
Which COMT variant is more likely to have a smaller hippocampus after ACEs?
What's your favourite school subject?
Psychology