PSYC 2410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cerebral Cortex, Ob River, Temporal Lobe
15 Jul 2020
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Biopsychology: the study of the biological basis of behaviour: the study of overt behaviour and the internal processes (such as learning, memory, motivation, perception, and emotion) that underlie behaviour. The emergence of biopsychology as a distinct eld of study occurred in the 20th century and is generally traced to the publication of d. o. Neuroscience: scienti c study of the nervous system. Four main themes: thinking clearly about biopsychology. 2: answer relates to the evolutionary continuity of the brain. Psyc 2410: experimental vs non-experimental (quasi-experiemental and case studies) studies, experimental: This method is used to determine the basics of how experimental manipulations e ect behaviour. Used to study causation --> nd what causes what. Independent variable(s): is/are set by the experimenter and are the manipulations that produce the di erent treatment conditions. Dependent variable: what the experimenter measures, the response by the subject following the experimental manipulation.
