PSYC 2000 Chapter : Ch 2 OutlineBiologicalPerspectives
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Chapter 2-- the biological perspective : the nervous system, look up figure 2. 5 in the book for the chart about the brain. Parts of the brain: brainstem, cerebellum, lobes: occipital, frontal, and parietal, brain cells, neurons- the basic unit of the nervous system (the 10%). It is the specialized cell that receives and sends messages within the system: glial cells: comes from the greek word for glue (there are so many, about. If given drugs that inhibit the action of dopamine, these symptoms can be reduced or eliminated: but parkinson"s patients treated with l-dopa can develop symptoms of. Schizophrenia: nervous system look for diagram in your book. 2 pg 79: also for motor cortex and somatosensory cortex pg. 82-83: imaging the brain, technology allows us to have images of brain structure and function, eeg (electroencephalogram) brain waves are studied by placing electrodes on the scalp.
