[PSY 250] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (42 pages long)

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 250
• Professor: Hoi- Chung Leung

Document Summary

Psy 250 biopsych | class notes 1. Weight 1300 g = 1. 3kg || chimp 420g || dolphin 1500g || elephants 4700g. Study of nerv syst to understand how we perceive, feel, think, say and do. How does complex behavior emerge from an electrochemical syst. Santiago ramon y cajal nerv syst composed of neurons. Donald o. hebb: the organization of behavior , brain not only mass of tissue, highly integrated series of cell assemblies that perform specific funct and more. Highly interdisciplinary (psych, molecular bio, physiology, pharmacology, anatomy, cs, engineering: examining inner working requires advanced tech, use of different species comparative approach. Advantages of human subj = better control, follow instruct, report subj experiences, human brains. Advantages of nonhuman subj = simpler nerv syst, evolutionary continuity, test more specific, allowed more invasive. Cns (central nerv syst: brain, spinal cord. Syst: autonomic nerv syst regulates internal env. Parasympathetic ns - slow down: somatic ns deals w/ skeletal system.