PSYC 2240 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Action Potential, Active Transport, Resting Potential
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Relation between mental experience and brain activity. Why are certain types of behavior conscious: abandon the concept of consciousness, differentiate between monism and dualism. Monism: the idea that the universe only consists of only one type of being. Dualism: the idea that minds are one type of substance and matter is another: differentiate and explain the differences between physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary and functional explanations of behavior. Physiological: (mechanism/brain activity: organs, machinery of body (eating, doing something, also survival) Functional: why a behavior/structure evolved as it did, ex. animals use camouflage as protection against predators. Lecture 2: explain the relation between monism and cognitive neuroscience. Monism is the base of cognitive neuroscience. Connection between brain & physical mind can be observed in patients with severe trauma or that are left brain-dead. Eeg electric brain activity: understand and be able to describe what an action potential is and what it is not.
