PSY 2301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Physiological Psychology, Gyrus, Pineal Gland
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Chapter 1: the origins of brain and behaviour. Biological psychology: definition: the study of the physiological, evolutionary and developmental mechanisms of behaviour and experience, synonymous terms: biopsychology, psychobiology, physiological psychology, behavioural neuroscience. Research: neuroscientist, cognitive neuroscientist, behavioural neuroscientist, neuropsychologist, neurochemist. Therapy: clinical psychology, clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, medical school, psychiatrist, neurologist, neurosurgeon, allied medical field, physical therapy, occupational therapy, social worker. Central nervous system (cns: the brain and spinal cord, spinal cord: part of the cns encased within the vertebrae or spinal column. Peripheral nervous system (pns: all the neurons in the body that are located outside the brain and spinal cord. Two hemispheres of the brain: fissure: very deep sulcus. Anything that an organism does involving action and response to stimulation. The response of an individual, group, or species to its environment: the way in which someone behaves, the way in which something functions or operates.
