Biological Psychology - Edexcel AS Level Psychology Revision Notes

Biological Psychology - Edexcel AS Level Psychology Revision Notes
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Chapters included:

• 3.1.1 The role of the central nervous system (CNS) & neurotransmitters in human behaviour, including the structure & role of the neuron, the function of neurotransmitters & synaptic transmission.
• The effect of recreational drugs on the transmission process in the central nervous system
• 3.1.2 The structure of the brain, different brain areas including the pre-frontal cortex & limbic system & brain functioning as an explanation of aggression as a human behaviour.
• THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF AGGRESSION - AGGRESSION IN THE BRAIN
• THE IMPORTANCE OF HORMONES
• THEORIES OF AGGRESSION
• EXPLAINING AGGRESSION THROUGH EVOLUTION
• Biological Rhythms – Endogenous Pacemakers & Exogenous Zeitgebers
• SAD
• Scanning techniques
• WHY STUDY TWINS & ADOPTEES?
• TWIN STUDIES
• GOTTESMAN & SHIELDS (1966) - A TWIN STUDY: THE GENETIC CAUSE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
• THE DEBATE OVER GENETICS
• 3.3.1 Raine et al. (1997) Brain abnormalities in murderers indicated by positron emission tomography.
• 3.3.2 Brendgen et al. (2005) Examining genetic & environmental effects on social aggression: A study of 6-year-old twins.
• FREUD’S PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY - SECRETS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND
• DEFENCE MECHANISMS
• PSYCHOSEXUAL THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT
• INSTINCT THEORY OF AGGRESSION
• WHAT IS SPEARMAN’S RHO?
• 3.3.3 McDermott (2008) Monoamine oxidase A gene (MAOA) predicts behavioural aggression following provocation.

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