PSY 3061 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuroendocrinology, Neuropharmacology
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Biopsychology: the study of the biology of behavior. Also referred to as: psychobiology, behavioral biology, behavioral neuroscience. It"s a biological approach to the study of psychology. Did not develop as a major discipline of neuroscience until the 20th century. o. The organization of behavior by d. o. hebb in 1949. First comprehensive theory on how brain activity may produce complex psychological phenomena. Based on experiments, clinical cases, and logical arguments from his observations. Very young in terms of scientific disciplines. 1. 2 what is the relation between biopsychology and the other. Biopsychology is only one part of neuroscience as a whole: unique approach centered around behavior. The entire purpose of the nervous system is to produce and control behavior. 1. 3 what types of research characterize the biopsychological. Biopsychology studies many different types of activity in the brain and biopsychologists research these activities in many different ways. Nonhuman subjects involve: mice, rats, cats, dogs, nonhuman primates.
