Psychology 2221B Lecture Notes - Urinary Incontinence, Ethology, Neuroplasticity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2221B
• Professor: Shelley Cross- Mellor

Document Summary

5 % bonus, extra chapter summary, max 4 pages double spaces , due dec 4! The case of jimmie g, the man frozen in time! Intelligent, above average in math and science, articulate! Couldn"t remember anything since his early 20s! Cells that receive and transmit electrochemical signals! Scienti c study of the biology of behavior! Four major themes of this book: thinking creatively about biopsychology, clinical implications, the evolutionary perspective, neuroplasticity! Biopsychologists must be skeptical and think critically! Psych conclusions based on research not tradition or common snese! Mental events are a product of physical events! Severed leg of frog - moved when electrical current was passed through it! I. e. discovered electrical nature of nerve conduction! Idea that speci c areas of the brain carry out speci c functions! Broca"s area (damage in the same area and had troubles with speech )! Unfortunately this idea also lead way for phrenology!