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WJEC: Psychology component 1 Biological approach: Assumptions/Questions and Answers
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WJEC: Psychology component 1 Biological approach: Assumptions/Questions and Answers
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WJEC: Psychology component 1 Biologicalapproach: Assumptions/Questions and
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-to evolve means to change with time
-Reference to Darwin's theory of natural selection - -Evolutionary influences
--The environment of evolutionary adaptiveness
-The environment to which any species is adapted and the selective
pressures that existed at the time - -Evolutionary influences: EEA
--Involved in thinking and creativity and have been linked to our
personalities - -Localisation of brain function: The frontal lobes
--Receive sensory information such as temperature, touch and pain - -
Localisation of brain function: The parietal lobes
--Responsible for much of our memory processing as well as the processing
of auditory information - -Localisation of brain function: The temporal lobes
--Concerned with visual processing and receive information directly from the
eyes - -Localisation of brain function: The occipital lobes
--Is associated with speech production and is located in the frontal lobe - -
Brocas Area
--In the left temporal lobe and is involved in understanding language - -
Wernickes Area
--Neurons are electrically excitable cells that form the basis of the nervous
system
-Branches at the end of a neuron are called dendrites - -Neurons
--Where one neuron communicates with another neuron
-The message is then relayed by chemical messengers (neurotransmitters) -
-Synapse
--Plays a role in our mood, sleep and appetite - -Neurotransmitters:
serotonin
--Associated with symptoms of schizophrenia - -Neurotransmitters:
dopamine
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