PSYC 3250 Study Guide - Final Guide: Auditory Cortex, Retinal Ganglion Cell, Postcentral Gyrus
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Pure research: motivated by the curiousity of the researcher. Applied research: intended to bring about a direct benefit to mankind. Physiological psychology: studies the neural mechanisms of behaviour through direct manipulation and recording of the brain in controlled experiments. Psychopharmacology: studies the neural mechanisms of behaviour through manipulation of neural activity and behaviour with drugs. Neuropsychology: studies psychological effects of patients with brain damage. Psychophysiology: studies the relation between physiological activity and psychological process in human subjects. Cognitive neuroscience: studies the neural bases of cognition. Comparative psychology: deals generally with the biology of behaviour, rather than specific neural mechanisms through the study of evolutions, genetics and adaptiveness of behaviour. Converging operations: when different approaches focus on a single problem. Human evolution: vertebrates: chordates 450 mya, 25 my later developed vertebrae, amphibians: 410 mya bony fish ventured onto land gills & fins transformed into lung and legs.