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The biological approach to psychology, also known as neuropsychology, is one of many approaches used to explain human mental processes and behavior. Neuropsychologists are psychologists that examine mental processes and behavior using a biological approach.
People like Sigmund Freud popularized the psychodynamic approach, and still others will focus on sociocultural influences to explain mental processes and behavior. The focus of this lesson will be on a different approach from all of these, one that most people don't initially associate with psychology: biology. The biological approach to psychology is one way to conceptualize and explain the human experience. The biological approach seeks to explain mental processes and behavior by focusing on the function of the nervous system at the cellular and structural level.