Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Neuropsychological Test, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Face Validity
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Gregor mendel"s work in the 19th century: phenotype as opposed to genotype. You are born with a genetic makeup that may make you high risk. Epigenetic- genes being mutated- mutation within the gene- chemical binding of genes- methylation, acetylating passed on the next generation. Eric kandel- learning-> activation of dormant genes, jumping genes (making genes active: continued brain development-learning changes the brain- more neuron connections0 the more you use it, the more it works and changes. The diathesis-stress model- the vulnerability that you might develop depression given the amount of stress in the environment: examples include blood-injury-injection phobia and alcoholism. Neuroscience and the divisions of the brain. Lobes of cerebral cortex: frontal- thinking and reasoning abilities, memory- schizophrenic can have damages frontal, parietal- touch recognition, occipital- integrated visual input, temporal- recognition of sights and sounds and long-term memory storage. Limbic system- hippocampus, cingulated gyrus, septum, and amygdala. The role of the nervous system in disease and behavior.