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Aka behavioural neuroscience: the field of study concerned with the ways in which nervous sys. Biological psychology: the study of the biological bases of psychological processes and behaviour activity manifests in behaviour. Observing the development of behaviour and its biological charac over the life span. Behaviour can be described according to different criteria. Can be described in terms of detailed acts or processes or in terms of results or functions. Description must be precise and reveal the essential features of the behaviour, using accurately defined terms and units. We compare species to learn how the brain and behaviour have evolved: Conserved: in the context of evo, referring to a trait that is passed on from a common ancestor to 2 or more descendant species. The body and behaviour develop over the life span. Ontogeny: the process by which an indiv changes in the course of its lifetime that is, grows up and grows old.