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| 4.0 Research Imaging Technolgy replaced BLANK in studying the brain |
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| Invasive techniques such as lesioning |
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| 4.1 There are seven key principles to the biological LOA... |
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| Bidirectionalism; Interactionalist approach; Fading influence of reductionism; behavior is innate due to genetics; evolution may play a key role in behavior; animal research brings insight to psych; there are biological correlates of behavior |
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4.1.1 Bidirectionalism means... |
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| biology affects cognition and cognition affects biology |
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4.1.2 The interactionalist approach... |
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| "does not rely on either nature nor nuture but a holistic approach" |
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4.1.3 Reductionism is losing influence because... |
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| 4.1.4 We know that behavior is partly innate... |
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4.1.5 Gentic research leads us to believe... |
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| that some behavior has evolutionary origins |
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| 4.1.6 Animal research helps understand human behvior... |
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| due to the biological similarities humans have with animals. |
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| 4.1.7 Certain biological traits... |
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| seem to go together with certain behaviors |
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| 4.2 The brain and nervous system is made up of... |
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| different types of neurons and transmission chemicals |
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| the cells that process and transmit information |
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| 4.2.2 Neural transmissions occur when... |
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| neurotransmitters are released to communicate with other neurons |
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| 4.2.3 Neurotransmitters send information across the |
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| 4.2.4 The nervous system carries... |
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| " information to and from the brain, and between other neurons in the brain" |
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| 4.3 Each function of the brain... |
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| has specfic part of the brain focused on that action |
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| 4.3.1 The lower portion of the brain... |
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| "Has several individual components controlling mostly primal body functions" |
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| 4.3.3 An association area or cortex... |
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| has a specific higher-order brain function |
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| 4.3.2 "The cerebral cortex has BLANK lobes, called..." |
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| "Four... Frontal, Occipital, Parietal, Temporal" |
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| 4.4 The Brain is dynamic system... |
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| which interacts withe the environment bidirectionally |
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| 4.4.1 Plasticity is the brain's ability... |
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| " to rearrange the connections between neurons due to learning, experience or damage" |
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| 4.4.2 THe Brain physically reacts to BLANK and vice-versa. |
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| 4.4.3 Mirror neurons have the ability to... |
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| fire both when a person acts or sees another person in that same act |
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| a non-neural system of chemicals that effect behavior |
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| 4.5.1 The endocrine system is... |
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| a 'slow' chemical communication system consisting of glands which secrete hormones into the bloodstream |
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| 4.5.2 Each gland secretes... |
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| specific hormones for specific functions |
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| 4.6 Genetics and behavior are... |
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| intertwined in the creation of specific human behavior |
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| 4.6.1 Behavioral genetics deals with understanding how... |
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| BOTH genetics AND the enviornment contribute to individual variations of human behavior |
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| 4.6.2 The research of genes has been instrumental... |
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| in finding how sequences of genes work together to impact human behavior |
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| 4.6.3 One of the most controversial topics inpsychology is... |
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| the link between gentics and behavior. |
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| 4.6.4 Evolutionary psychology focuses on the ability... |
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| "of behaviors and actions to enhance natural selection, leading to those same behaviors and actions to become inborn over time" |
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