PSYC 304 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Direct Manipulation Interface, Cognitive Neuroscience
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What is biopsychology: biological approach to the study of psychology, developed as a major discipline in 20th century. What types of research characterize the biopsychological approach: 3 major dimensions, human or nonhuman subjects, experiments or non-experimental studies, pure or applied. Experiments: between subjects design - a different group of subjects tested under each condition, within subjects design - test same group of subjects under each condition. Pure and applied research: pure research, motivated by curiosity of researcher, solely for the purpose of acquiring knowledge, believed that will be more practically beneficial because applications flow from good understanding of basic principles (which pure research provides) Important difference: more vulnerable to vagaries of political regulation - because why fund/support research that is of no immediate practical benefit: applied research. Lab research or ethological research (studying animal behavior in its natural environment) Includes evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics because the research employs comparative analysis. Psychological effects of brain damage in human patients.
