PSYCH 220 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Depressant, Histology, Golgi'S Method
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Study of the nervous system: biological psychology. How the biology of the brain affects behavior: academia. Study and research to further knowledge: industry. Research to solve one particular problem: pure research. Translational medicine turning this research into drugs: scientific method. Draw a conclusion: perspectives of biological psychologists. How a person changes over the lifetime: immediate causation. Input into that organism"s brain from an early age. Ex: why does the bird sing: evolution. How has behavior changed with natural selection: adaptive function. How can we study brain and behavior: somatic intervention. Interfering with the body to see how it affects behavior. Ex: stimulate a brain region, inject a hormone: behavioral intervention. Changing behavior to see how it impacts the brain. Ex: presenting a female to a male and studying hormones present: independent variable. The variable that is manipulate: dependent variable. The response variable being studied: control group. Group that is not manipulated for comparison to the experimental group: within-subjects experiment.
