Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bipolar Neuron, Sensory Neuron, Multipolar Neuron
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One network of nerve cells encourages good behaviour by releasing dopamine. Cocaine hijacks the nervous system and unleashes dopamine. An excess of dopamine can cause delusions. Hallucinations can be controlled using medication that reduces the amount of dopamine: the mind. The mind creates an image that you want to see. Our mind is able to create a reality for us. Learning can take place over many mediums. Drugs to handle metal illnesses were not introduced until the: clinical issues (cid:883)9(cid:888)(cid:882)"s. Brain surgery in the absence of obvious organic damage (moniz 1935) Radical prefrontal lobotomy had a calming effect on patients. Over the next 20 years 40000 were performed in the us alone. Pre-frontal lobes (cid:498)control(cid:499) emotion: therefore separate from rest of brain. Patients became more docile, but iq problems and death was also observed: ask for help if you need it, there is a lot of biology involved in psychology. Explanation of behaviours: cultural and environment factors.