PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Retrograde Amnesia, Anterograde Amnesia, Sensory Deprivation

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: KARISHMA

Document Summary

Outline the principle that de ne the biological level of analysis and how they are demonstrated in research. Principle 1 behaviour can be innate because it is genetically based. Principle 2 animal research can provide insight into human behaviour. Kasamatsu & hirai monk serotonin study (serotonin) Aim: investigate how sensory deprivation affects the brain. Procedure: - studied a group of monks on a 72 hour pilgrimage to a mountain. Link: discuss how and why particular research methods are used at the biological level of analysis. Method #1: case studies: only way they had to study patients who had brain damage. Ethically they could not cause a person brain damage. Study #1: milner and scoville- the case study of hm. Ethics: patient"s name was kept con dential until he died. Unique studies that would otherwise be unethical to do. Insight into certain areas of psychology that would otherwise be dif cult to study.