PSYC 2410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Endocrine System, Dependent And Independent Variables
25 Jul 2014
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What is the relation between biopsycholohy and other. Approach: subjects human or nonhuman, nonhuman are most commonly rats but can also be mice, cats, dogs, etc. The brains and behavior of nonhuman subjects are simpler than human subjects; therefore nonhuman subjects are more likely to revel brain-behavior interactions. Insights arise from the comparative approach making comparisons with other species. What is biopsychology: biopsychology is the scientific study of the biology of behavior, psychology - is the scientific study of behavior (e. g. learning, memory, motivation, There are fewer ethical restrictions: humans have several advantages over nonhuman subjects: They are often cheaper to work with. Confounded variables can be difficult to eliminate. Demonstrated the coolidge effect in female hamsters. Not real experiments because potential confounded variables have not been controlled (e. g. the random assignment of subjects to conditions). An example can be examining alcoholism experimenters cannot control for confounding variables and therefore can"t make direct causal relationships.
