PSYC 2410 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Dopamine, Cerebral Cortex, Substantia Nigra
12 Oct 2018
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PSYC 2410
MIDTERM EXAM
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Fall 2018
BIOPSYCHOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE
• What is biopsychology?
o Definition
▪ Biological approach to the study of psychology
o Origins
▪ Hebb
• Organization of behaviour
o Other disciplines
▪ Neuroanatomy
• Structure
▪ Neurophysiology
• Functions and activities
▪ Neurochemistry
• Chemical bases
▪ Neuroendocrinology
• Interaction between nervous system and endocrine system
▪ Neuropharmacology
• Drug effects
▪ Neuropathology
• Nervous system disorders
• What types of research characterizes the biopsychological approach?
o Subject
▪ Human
• Less expensive
• Human brain
• Report subjective experience
• Follows directions
▪ Non human
• Simple nervous system
• Comparative approach
• Few ethical standards
o Study
▪ Experiment
• Cause and effect
• 2 designs
o between subjects
o within subjects
▪ Non-experiment
• Quasi-experiment
o Experiment=impossible
• Case studies
o Condition=rare
o Purpose
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▪ Pure
• Basic probs
▪ Applied
• Specific probs
• What are the divisions of biopsychology?
o Physiological psychology
▪ Pure research
• Direct manipulation of nervous system
o Psychopharmacology
▪ Drug effects on behaviour
• Pharmacologically manipulate nervous system
o Neuropsychology
▪ Behaviour effects on brain damage
• Case studies
• Quasi-experimental design
o Psychophysiology
▪ Psychological and physiological processes
• Non-invasive human recordings
o Cognitive neuroscience
▪ Neural basis of cognitive processes
• Non-invasive functional brain imaging
o Comparative psychology
▪ Biology of behaviour
• Evolutionary psychology
• Behavioural genetics
• How do biopsychologists conduct their work?
o Converging operations
▪ Use diff approaches
▪ Example
• Studyig kosafoff’s sydoe
o Jimmie g
▪ Severe memory loss
• Alcohol
o No
• Thiamine defiency
o Yes
o Scientific inference
▪ Look at effect of processes
▪ Example
• Studying eye movement and visual perception of motion
o 4 conditions
▪ no movement
• eye stationary
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Document Summary
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