CAS PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward B. Titchener, Abraham Maslow, Neurotransmitter

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Tracy Dunne

Document Summary

Study online at quizlet. com/_1jubs9: 5 steps of chemical (neurotransmitter) communication: Deactivation- 2 ways breakdown, reuptake: abraham maslow: humanist, acetylcholine: believed to be associated with muscle activation, learning, and memory. Too little= alzheimers, botulism: amygdala: linked to emotion especially aggression and fear. Looks at how behaviors are learned and reinforced. Thorndyke, pavlov and skinner: b. f. skinner"s operant conditioning: in one of skinners" experiments a starved rat was introduced into the box. When the lever was pressed by the rat a small pellet of food was dropped onto a tray. The rat soon learned that when he pressed the lever he would receive some food. In this experiment the lever pressing behavior is reinforced by food. He proved that operant conditioning is the rewarding of an act that approaches a new desired behavior: biological perspective: emphasizes the physical and biological bases of behavior. Examines brain processes in conjunction with bodily functions, e. g. hormones: broca"s area: controls speech muscles.