Biopsychology as a Neuroscience Ch1
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| Taking into account evolutionary pressures in the formation of brains & bodies. Comparison with other animals integral. | Evolutionary perspective |
| The scientific study of the biology of behaviour | Biopsychology |
| The study of the chemical bases of neural activity | Neurochemistry |
| The study of the effects of drugs on neural activity | Neuropharmacology |
| The study of nervous system disorders | Neuropathology |
| The study of biological processes by comparing different species. | Comparative approach |
| A different group of subjects is tested under each condition. | Between subjects design |
| Same group of subjects to multiple/each conditions test. | Within subjects design |
| The variable that is being manipulated in experiment. | Independent variable |
| The variable being measured in experiment. | Dependent variable |
| A variable that isn't the IV that affects DV. | Confounded variable |
| The fact that a sex exhausted male can often recommence copopulating with a new sex partner, | Coolidge effect |
| Studies of groups of individuals who have been exposed to the conditions of interest IRL | Quasi experimental studies |
| Studies that focus on a single case or subject | Case studies |
| The degree to which results can be applied to other cases | Generalisability |
| Motivated by curiosity. | Pure research |
| Intended to bring direct benefit to humankind. | Applied research |
| Research that aims to translate the findings of pure research into useful applications | Translational research |
| Study of the psychological effects of brain damage in humans. Almost exclusively, case studies & quasi experiments | Neuropsychology |
| Manipulation of neural act & behav with drugs | Psychopharmacology |
| Study of evolution, genetics & adaptiveness of behaviour mostly with comparative method | Comparative psychology |
| Study of neural mechanisms of behaviour by manipulating the nervous system of non-humans | Physiological psychology |
| Study of relation between physiological activity & psychological processes (human volunteers non-invasive) | Psychophysiology |
| Study of neural mechanisms of human cognition largely with functional brain imaging | Cognitive neuroscience |
| Outer layer of the cerebral hemispheres | Cerebral cortex |
| A test that detects electrical activity in the brain w small metal discs attached to the scalp. | Electroencephalogram (EEG) |
| Regulates functions of internal organs such as heart, stomach, intestines. Is a part of PNS. | Autonomic Nervous system (ANS) |
| Study of animal behav in natural environment | Ethological research |
| When different approaches used on problem to compensate for each strengths & weaknesses | Converging operations |
| Brain damage (mainly memory loss & inability to make new memory) is associated with thiamine (Vitamin B) deficiency | Korsakoff's Syndrome |
| Measurements and observable events to logically infer events that can’t be observed. | Scientific inference |
| When there are several possible interpretations for a behavioural observation, to give precedence to simplist | Morgan's Canon |
| A treatment for mental illness where connections to the prefrontal lobes & the rest of the brain are surgically severed | Prefrontal Lobotomy |
| Large areas at the front of brain (left & right) responsible in variety of complex behav, planning & personality. | Prefrontal lobes |
| A tool used in lobotomies | Leucotome |
| A lobotomy performed with an ice pick-like device inserted /driven under the eyelid, through the orbit into prefrontal lobes | Transorbital Lobotomy |
| Any brain surgery intended to treat mental illness | Psychosurgery |