PSY 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Thiamine, Cerebral Cortex, Neuroendocrinology
24 Jan 2017
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Neurons = cells tht receive and transmit electrochemical signals. Environmental pressures that likely led to evo of brains and behavior. Comparative approach - trying to understand bio phenomena by comparing them in diff species. Biopsych study of biology of behavior; biological approach to study of psych. Hebb based theory on experiments involving humans and animals. Neuroanatomy study of struct of nervous syst. Neurochemistry study of chemical bases of neural activity. Neuroendocrinology study of interactions b/w nervous syst and endocrine syst. Neuropathology study of nervous syst disorders. Neuropharmacology study of effects of drugs on neural activity. Neurophysiology study of funct and activities of nervous syst. Brains = simpler reveal fundamental brain behavior interactions. Experiment study causation: between-subj design = diff group subj tested under each condit, within subj design = same group subj tested under each condit. Quasiexperimental studies: studies of groups of subjects exposed to condit of interest in real world. Pure = research motivated by curiosity of researcher.
