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Name of resource: Assumptions of the biological approach
Submitted by: Aidan Sammons
Specification details: AQA-B
Other spec: All
Details: Synoptic materials.  Brief article explaining the main assumptions of bio-psychology 
and the different types of explanations bio-psychologists might supply (physiological, 
ontogenetic, evolutionary, functional).  Activity in which four different bio-psychological 
explanations of phobia are given and students must classify each as a type (above) before 
identifying and classifying other biological explanations they have learned about.  Follow-up
questions are designed to get students thinking synoptically about the biological perspective
in terms of debates, methods and possible strengths and weaknesses.