PSY290H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Arachnoid Mater, Meninges, Temporal Lobe
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Chapter 1: intro to brain & behaviour (pages 14-18) 3 kinds of studies probe brain-behavior relationships: somatic intervention: alter a structure or function of the brain or body to see how this alteration changes behavior. Administering a hormone to some animals, but not others and comparing the later sexual behavior of both groups: behavioral intervention: alters or controls the behavior of an organism and looks for resulting changes in body structure or function. Allowing adults of the opposite sex to interact and measuring subsequent changes in sex hormones: correlation: researcher quantifies the co-occurrence of a behavior and somatic change. Brain size & learning scores, hormone levels & strength of mating behavior. Even the most complex behavior could be understood at the level of cellular activity. Reductionism: scientific strategy of breaking a system down into smaller parts in order to understand it. > aims to identify levels of analysis (scope of experimental approaches)
