| key ideas of biological approach | Neurochemistry is responsible for behavior, which has a physiological source, and can be altered by the environment |
| Genotypes | Genetic code in DNA. The potential for the characteristic to be shown |
| Phenotypes | How the genotype is expressed in the environment. Observable characteristics. |
| Excitatory neurotransmitters | releases hormones that make you driven and motivated, such as dopamine |
| Inhibitory neurotransmitters | Releases hormones that make you calm, such as seritonin |
| biological approach nature or nurture | Mostly nature, due to brain scans, genes, hormones etc suggest that we are born with our characteristics.
Some elements of nurture, as phenotypes and evolution are affected by the environment |
| biological approach holistic or reductionist | reductionist, just looking at biology, lowest level of explanation |
| biological approach idiographic or nomothetic | general laws of behavior based on biology |
