20 minute essay

4/11/2012

Explain how one historical or cultural condition helped to give rise to the biological perspective. (20 minute essay)

What are possible answers to this question? Identify one condition and briefly outline how it enhanced the biological perspective. There are many possible answers. Go! I am excited to see your answers!

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Connor and the period 1 psychettes

4/29/2012 10:08:21 pm

The popularization of frontal lobotomies supported the idea of localization of function. You could also mention the work done by broca and wernicke as well as penfield's homunculus.

Mitch Dumovic

5/1/2012 08:03:02 am

talk about the emergence of various types of bran scans (EEG, PET scan, fMRI) and how the biological approach was supported when they were invented as one could now seen ongoing activity in the brain, and how certain sections of the brain are active or inactive with certain mental disorders like schizophrenia.

Mrs. Brown

5/1/2012 08:07:59 am

Great answer - but instead of schizophrenia - tie in one of the disorders discussed in class - depression is probably your best bet. When you focus on depression - think about parts of the brain related to emotion - there are several.

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