Biological Psychology or Physiological Psychology Flashcards
(36 cards)
A perspective that study of the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience.
Biological psychology
Biological psychology: biopsychology, psychobiology, physiological psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.
T or F
True
A branch of biological psychology concerned with relationship between brain functioning and behavior.
Physiological Psychology
A ______ approach since it deals with brain; and ________, as it attempts to reduce human behavior to its possible basic biological explanations.
cognitive
reductionist
A sub-discipline of both biology and neuroscience:
The study of cells of the nervous system and the organization of these cells into functional circuits - process information
- mediate behavior
Neurobiology
To study the effects of chemicals and electrical impulses in the brain on human behavior.
Neurobiological approach
It is the scientific study of the nervous system of the nervous system.
A branch of biology: anatomy, biochemistry, molecular biology, and physiology of neurons and neural circuit.
Neuroscience
The study of genetic, physiological , and developmental mechanisms of behavior.
It emerged from philosophical traditions in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Localization of function
Behavioral neuroscience
Descartes: pineal gland - the point of contact between ____ and ______.
mind
body
The pneumatics of ______ ______ could explain reflexes and other motor behavior.
bodily fluids
James: The principles of psychology - biology for studying psychology for the relationship between ______ and _______ functions.
mental
physiological
James: Shape the field of behavioral neuroscience - the interconnectedness of mind and body.
True or F
True
Plato: The brain is where all thoughts and processes occur.
Aristotle: The brain cools down the emotions derived from the heart.
Both/ True/ False
Both true
Penfield: a map of the cerebral cortex through studying epileptic patients with Rassmussen.
True or False
True
Psychobiology: ______ _____ use in its modern sense in his book.
Knight Dunlap
________ fields; PhD
Research
Studies the anatomy, and biochemistry of the nervous system.
Neuroscientist
How brain functioning and other organs influence behavior
Behavioral Neuroscientist
Uses brain anatomy scans to analyze and explore people’s knowledge, thinking, and problem-solving
Cognitive neuroscientist
Uses behavioral tests for brain damage
Neuropsychologist
Measure body processes (heart rate) and how they vary from other persons.
Psychophysiologist
Investigates the chemical reactions in the brain
Neurochemist
Compares the behavior of different species and tries to relate them to their ways of life,
Comparative psychologist
Evolve social behaviors
Evolutionary psychologist
