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| The study of biological bases of psychological processes and behavior |
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| The study of the nervous system |
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| Another term used for biological psychology, but focuses on behavioral functions of the nervous system |
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| Rat Brain Vs. Human Brain |
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| Rat Brain has everything the human brain does, just less of it. The difference in quantitative not qualitative |
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| the idea put forth by Descartes that humans have a nonmaterial soul as well as a material body. More modern version: mind and brain are separate |
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| prevailing neuroscientific view that the mind and brain are the same thing (the mind is the result of neural activity, the function of hte material brain |
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| Five major perspectives are used in behavioral neuroscience |
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1. Describing behavior
2. studying evolution of behavior
3. observing the development of behavior over the life span
4. studying biological mechanisms of behavior
5. studying applications of biological psychology, an in individual behavioral dysfunction |
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| the process of growing up and growing old |
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| alteration of a structure or function to see how behavior is altered |
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| the factor that is being manipulated |
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| is what is measured in response to changes in the independent variable |
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| Examples of somatic intervention |
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1.(SI) Administer a hormome -- (BA)strength of mating behavior
2. (SI)Stimulate brain region electrically -- (BA)movement towards goal object
3.(SI) Cut connections between parts of nervous system -- (BA)recognition of stimulus
**** SI= somatic intervention
BA= behaviors affected |
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intervention in a behavior to see how structure or function is altered
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| Examples of Behavioral Intervention |
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1. (SA)Changes in hormone levels -- (BI)put male in presence of female
2.(SA) Changes in electrical activity of brain -- (BI)present a visual stimulus
3. (SA)Anatomical Changes in nerve cells -- (BI)give training
**** SA = somatic affects
BI = behavioral intervention |
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| measures how much a body measure varies with a behavioral measure- but correlation does not imply causation |
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describes the ability of the brain to be changed by environment and by experience
The brain is always changing (mostly at the cellular and molecular level) |
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breaks a system down into its smaller parts in order to understand it
(Behavioral Neuroscience uses this frequently) |
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| The Nervous system is composed of... |
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| The nervous system consists of... |
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| central and peripheral divisions |
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| study of tissue structure and cellular anatomy |
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| anatomical features visible to the eye |
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| the distribution of key chemicals in the nervous system |
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| categorizing areas by their function |
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| the study of the effects of drugs |
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| regions comprised of myelinated axons |
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| regions comprised of cell bodies |
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bundle or "projection" of axons
tract is also referred to as a nerve when its in the body |
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| incoming projection or connection |
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| (motor neurons) contact muscles or glands |
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| respond to environmental stimuli, such as light, odor, or touch |
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| recieve input from and send input to other neurons |
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ability of cells to change structure, function
*Glia cells in brain to replicate |
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most cells in brain (neurons) dont replicate
***In the Hippocampus and the Olfactory System neurons can replicate themselves
Neurons dont replicate but they can regenerate "sprout a new axon" |
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| provide support for neurons |
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star-shaped cells with many processes-recieve neuronal input and monitor activity
Support: physically and metabolically |
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