PSY 250 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Neuron, Gene, Prefrontal Cortex
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Neuroscience: the multidisciplinary study of the nervous system and its role in behavior. Neuroscience identifies the subject matters of the investigation rather than the scientist"s training (biologist, physiologist, anatomist, neurologist, chemist, psychologists, or psychiatrist) Biological psychology: the branch of psychology that studies the relationships between behavior and the body, particularly the brain. Behavior is overt acts and also internal events like learning, thinking, and emotion. Mind-brain problem deals with what the mind is and what its relationship is to the brain. Mind, like weather, is just a concept; it is not a something; it does not do anything. Monism: the idea that the mind and the body consist of the same substance. Materialistic monism: the body and mind and everything else are physical. Dualism: the mind and the brain are separate. Descartes and the physical model of behavior. Model: a proposed mechanism for how something works. Descartes used a hydraulic model to explain the brain"s activity.
