Psychology 2220A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Behavioral Neuroscience, Confounding, Neuroendocrinology
18 May 2017
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Chapter 1: what is biopsychology: thinking creatively: thinking in productive, unconventional ways (think outside the box. ); based on evidence, rather than widely accepted views. Think of it as trying different routes to get to class but then adopting a preferred one as the path becomes worn in: each discipline studies a different aspect of the nervous system (which informs our. Biopsychology and other disciplines of neuroscience understanding of what produces and controls behavior) They can follow instructions & make subjective reports. Experiments and nonexperiments: experiments involve the manipulation of variables. Lordosis: the arched-back, rump-up, tail-diverted posture of female rodent sexual receptivity: e. g. , differences between a diabetic and non-diabetic group on blood pressure may not have anything to do with the diabetes. In these experiments there is no random assignment to groups. More on generalizability: anecdotal evidence: anecdotal evidence is obtained from single story accounts. The assumption being that spinach was responsible for the growth.
