PSYCH 15 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Neuron, Lesion, Gene
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Jared wong jaredw@ucla. edu office: franz 8586 tues: 12:20 -1:20 by appt. No office hours week 0 and 1. Midterm and final: non cumulative, 50 question multiple choice tests. 2 opportunities for extra credit for a whole percentage point. 11/7 (tues) midterm (material from 9/28 10/31) One of the many disciplines within the broad field of neuroscience. Psychobiology: the scientific study of the biology of behavior. Physiological psychology: studies the neural mechanisms of behavior, what cells are working together, usually done on laboratory animals (rats) bc a lot of direct manipulations are involved, pure research. Psychopharmacology: done on both humans and animals focuses on the manipulation of neural activity, not with surgery but with drugs. Done more on humans, as opposed to physiological psychology (done more on lab rats) Mri machines help see which parts of the brain light up when told specific tasks to do. Compare diff species to understand evolution, genetics, and adaptiveness of behavior.
