PSYC 2410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuroendocrinology, Neuropharmacology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2410
• Professor: Cheryl Limebeer

Document Summary

Biopsychology -the scientific study of the biology of behaviour. Psychology -scientific study of behaviour-activities of organisms and internal processes that underlie them ex. memory, perception, recognition etc. 1. 2-what is the relation between biopsychology and other disciplines of. Disciplines of neuroscience that are relevant to biopsychology: Neuroanatomy -study of the structure of the nervous system - neurophysiology. Study of the functions and activities of the nervous system - neuroendocrinology -study of the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system - neuropathology. Study of nervous system disorders - neurochemistry - study of the chemical bases of neural activity - Neuropharmacology -study of effects of drugs on neural activity. Advantages of human subjects: -follow instructions -report their subjective experiences. More cost-effective, no expensive animal care and maintenance -have human brains. Between-subjects design- different group of sujects tested under each condition. Within-group design--test same group of subjects in each condition.