PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Monoamine Neurotransmitter, Tryptophan, Reuptake
6 Nov 2017
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Your behavior is determined not by your free will but by your biology. Neurochemistry (chemical actions in the nervous system) has a prominent role in the theorizing of the biologically based approach to personality. Also, genetics and inheritance, and evolutionary processes play a role in shaping human behavior. Kretschmer noted an apparent relationship between physique and specific types of mental disorders (relationship between body types and psychiatric diagnoses) Sheldon described 3 basic body types (soma-types): endomorphic (plump, mesomorphic (muscular, ectomorphic (frail) Just like dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s theory of natural selection, it favored some physical characteristics over other ones. The same forces may have favored some psychological and behavioral characteristics over other ones. Regulates all bodily functions, central to human personality. Consists of the cns (brain and spinal cord) and the pns (all other nerves extending to the body) Pns is divided into the autonomic and somatic nervous system.
