1.1: Biological approach

Oxytocin

Neurotransmitter associated with human bonding and trust formation, and with romantic and mother-child relationships.

Dopamine

Neurotransmitter associated with pleasure seeking and reward based behaviour, such as in relationships for hitting milestones.

Temporal

Lobe that is responsible for memory processing and processing of auditory information.

Nativist

Approach within biological psychology that says all behaviour is inherited, passed down through genes.

Neurons

Cells that form the nervous system.

Occipital

Lobe that is responsible for visual processing and recieving information directly from the eyes.

Dendrites

Branches at the end of each neuron that connect them to other neurons.

Wernickes area

Name of the posterior portion of the left temportal lobe that when damaged caused patients to not understand language.

Physiological

Approach within biological psychology that says all behaviour is due to the functioning of internal body parts.

Medical model

Approach within biological psychology that says psychological illnesses should be treated like physcial ones, with surgeries and drugs.

Environment of evolutionary adaptiveness

EEA - A key concepts in evolution, refers to the selective pressures that existed at that time.

Brocas area

Name of the posterior portion of the frontal lobe that when damaged caused patients to not produce speech.

Synapse

Where neurons communicate with each other.

Synaptic cleft

20nm gap between neurons.

Presynaptic vesicles

Where neurotransmitters are released from.

Neurotransmitters

Chemical messengers released by neurons.