PS263 Final: BioPsychology Review
Document Summary
The universe has four fundamental forces; gravity, electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force and the weak nuclear force. David chalmers (philosopher) wonders in the given universe is made up of matter and energy, then why do we have consciousness this is called the hard problem. Why and how did brain activity become conscious what is the relationship between mental experience and brain activity this question is called mind-brain problem or mind-body problem. Biological psychology is the study of the psychological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behaviour and experience. Biopsych also a point of view, it holds that we think and act as we do because of brain mechanisms. Human brain view from the top what anatomist call dorsal view. The bottom view is called a ventral view. At the microscopic level there are two kinds of cells: Convey messages to one another and to muscles and glands, vary in size, shape. Glia and function from a great distance.
