[Psychology 2220A/B] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (42 pages long)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2220A/B
• Professor: Jody Culham

Document Summary

Psych 2220: intro to behavioural & cognitive neuroscience. Body is 3 pounds of meat - thinking, conscious, loving, dreaming, singing & talking meat - sentient. How does meat think - what are the pieces of meat that think. What can you do with thinking meat. Biological psychology: the science of the nervous system & its relationship to behaviour. Behavioural neuroscience: emphasize animal models - basic neural mechanisms & processes. Cognitive neuroscience: 90s - emphasizes higher cognitive functions (human function) Neuroscience = relatively young eld santiago ramon y cajal. Neurons individual units fundamental units of brain. Biology: cells, dna, evolution key structures of brain (anatomy & terminology) Textbook: biological psychology - - - breedlove & watson sinauer - - - any edition. Exams: midterm 1 = 25% tuesday january 31 (50 mins in class) seb 1059. Midterm 2 = 25% tuesday march 14 (50 mins in class) seb 1059. Final exam = 50% exam period (april 9-30)