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What is a perspective (in psychology)?
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A viewpoint or level of explanation used to understand behaviour.
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What does the biological perspective focus on?
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The body — brain, genes, hormones and chemicals.
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What does the cognitive perspective focus on?
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Mental processes — memory, attention, thinking and beliefs.
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What does the sociocultural perspective focus on?
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The social world — other people, groups, culture and norms.
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Memory line for the three perspectives?
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Body, mind, world.
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Are the perspectives rivals?
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No — they operate at different levels and complement each other.
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Explain insomnia biologically.
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Stress hormones and an over-active stress response keep the body alert.
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Explain insomnia socioculturally.
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A noisy environment or exam-season pressure disrupts sleep.
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Why use more than one perspective?
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Each sees a different part of the picture, so together they explain more.
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Which concept is this?
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Perspective — one of the six core concepts.
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