PSYCH 270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Electroconvulsive Therapy, Human Genome Project, Psychosurgery

• School: U of M
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 270
• Professor: Transfer Course

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**note there are multiple parts to some of the objectives: describe the biological model. theorists consider abnormal behavior. The biological model states that to obtain a complete understanding of someone"s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, it must include a understanding of their biological basis. Biological to have been brought on by malfunctioning parts of the organism. Usually, these malfunctions were seen as problems in brain anatomy or chemistry. A type of nerve cells that receive, process, and transmit information throughout the body. Used a lot in the brain to transmit messages to actions. A message is received by a neuron"s dendrites and then travels down the axon in the form of an electrical impulse to the nerve ending. There, neurotransmitters are released and help carry the impulse across the synapse to the receptors of the neighboring neuron. A signal says whether to continue the release of the signal or to stop the signal.