What are core principles?
Princples are very important as they underpin the entire unit. Go home and ask your parents what core princples they hold as your parents. What are their main beliefs that affect how they behave with you? This will hopefully get you somewhere in terms of understanding of their actions, attitudes and approaches. It's much the same in IB Psychology. Each Level of Analysis has a set of Core Principles, almost like a structure that holds up a bridge so traffic can successfully cross.
Principle
Animals can be used to inform understanding of human behaviour.
This means that because of shared aspects of our evolutionary past, there are some physiological aspects that we share with some animals (some more than others!). Animals can be useful for understanding part of some systems or processes (ie memory). Although we would never draw direct parallels between animal and human results in psych studies, there can be interesting trends that might lead towards further research.
This means that because of shared aspects of our evolutionary past, there are some physiological aspects that we share with some animals (some more than others!). Animals can be useful for understanding part of some systems or processes (ie memory). Although we would never draw direct parallels between animal and human results in psych studies, there can be interesting trends that might lead towards further research.
Principle
Emotions, cognitions and behaviour are products of the nervous and endocrine systems.
This means that our behaviours, emotions, cognitions have a root cause, an organic cause, and this lies deep in our physiology. This is not to say that the role of cognition and the sociocultural environments are not important to how behaviour/emotion/cognition express themselves. These all interact however the starting point can be traced to within the human body.
This means that our behaviours, emotions, cognitions have a root cause, an organic cause, and this lies deep in our physiology. This is not to say that the role of cognition and the sociocultural environments are not important to how behaviour/emotion/cognition express themselves. These all interact however the starting point can be traced to within the human body.
Principle
Patterns of behaviour can be inherited.
Humans have a genetic past based on heredity, who are parents/grandparents are - we know this. It's important to acknowledge the role of genetics in understanding how patterns of behaviour can express themselves. Of course, no one argues that the environment factors in to how genes express themselves, but it's important to acknowledge the firm role of genes in aspects like intelligence, personality and mental illness, for example.
Humans have a genetic past based on heredity, who are parents/grandparents are - we know this. It's important to acknowledge the role of genetics in understanding how patterns of behaviour can express themselves. Of course, no one argues that the environment factors in to how genes express themselves, but it's important to acknowledge the firm role of genes in aspects like intelligence, personality and mental illness, for example.