Psychology 2220A/B- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 64 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2220A/B
• Professor: Scott Mac Dougall- Shackleton

Document Summary

Neuroscience: the scientific study of the nervous system. It is a plastic organ that continuously grows and changes in response to the individual"s genes and experiences. Biopsychology: the scientific study of the biology of behaviour. Psychology: the scientific study of behaviour: the scientific study of all overt activities of the organism as well as all the internal processes that are presumed to underlie them (e. g. learning, memory, motivation, perception, and emotion) Insights frequently arise from the comparative approach: e. g. , comparing the behaviour of species that do not have a cerebral cortex with the behaviour of species that do can provide valuable clues about cortical function. Independent variable difference between the conditions: dependent variable variable measured by the experimenter to assess the effect of the independent variable. If done correctly, any differences in the dependent variable between the conditions must have been caused by the independent variable.