Psychology 2220A/B Chapter : Biopsychology

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The human brain is an amazing, intricate network of neurons cells that receive and transmit electrochemical signals. Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system and may prove to be the brain"s ultimate challenge, understanding itself. Biopsychology is just one discipline of many. Biopsychology is the scientific study of the biology of behaviour also called psychobiology, behavioural biology, or behavioural neuroscience. Biopsychologists are neuroscientists who bring to their research a knowledge of behaviour and of the methods of behavioural research. The other disciplines that are relevant to biopsych are neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, neuropathology, neural pharmacology and neurophysiology. 1. 3 what types of research characterize the biopsychological approach. Research can involve humans or non human participants, can be pure or applied and formal or non experimental studies. Human subjects have an advantage over others because they can support their subjective feelings, they are cheaper, and they have human brains which is ultimately what we want to know about.

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