General Learning Outcomes
- Outline principles that define the biological level of analysis (for example, patterns of behaviour can be inherited; animal research may inform our understanding of human behaviour; cognitions, emotions and behaviours are products of the anatomy and physiology of our nervous and endocrine systems).
1. Behavior can be innate because it is genetically based. Nature-Nurture debate
2. Animal research can provide an insight into human behavior: A significant amount of research has been undertaken using animals.
3. There are biological correlates of behavior: You can link a specific hormone to a specific behavior
Other considerations: What is the Interactionist approach? What is the reductionist approach and why is it controversial?
2. Animal research can provide an insight into human behavior: A significant amount of research has been undertaken using animals.
3. There are biological correlates of behavior: You can link a specific hormone to a specific behavior
Other considerations: What is the Interactionist approach? What is the reductionist approach and why is it controversial?
- Explain how principles that define the biological level of analysis may be demonstrated in research (that is, theories and/or studies).
- Discuss how and why particular research methods are used at the biological level of analysis (for example, experiments, observations, correlational studies).
- Discuss ethical considerations related to research studies at the biological level of analysis.