PSYC 2410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behavioural Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Evolutionary Psychology
31 May 2018
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BIOPSYCHOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE
• What is biopsychology?
o Definition
▪ Biological approach to the study of psychology
o Origins
▪ Hebb
• Organization of behaviour
o Other disciplines
▪ Neuroanatomy
• Structure
▪ Neurophysiology
• Functions and activities
▪ Neurochemistry
• Chemical bases
▪ Neuroendocrinology
• Interaction between nervous system and endocrine system
▪ Neuropharmacology
• Drug effects
▪ Neuropathology
• Nervous system disorders
• What types of research characterizes the biopsychological approach?
o Subject
▪ Human
• Less expensive
• Human brain
• Report subjective experience
• Follows directions
▪ Non human
• Simple nervous system
• Comparative approach
• Few ethical standards
o Study
▪ Experiment
• Cause and effect
• 2 designs
o between subjects
o within subjects
▪ Non-experiment
• Quasi-experiment
o Experiment=impossible
• Case studies
o Condition=rare
o Purpose
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