PSYC 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuroendocrinology, Neuropharmacology
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Neurons: cells that receive and transmit electrochemical signals. Thinking creatively about biopsychology: thinking in productive, unconventional ways, base thinking on evidence rather than widely accepted views. Clinical implications: clinical (pertaining to illness or treatment, 2 aspects of clinical implication. Biopsychology: the scientific study of the biology of behaviour. Hebb (1949) developed first comprehensive theory of how complex psychological phenomena perceptions, emotions, thoughts, and memories, might be produced by brain activity: biopsych became major neuroscientific discipline in 20th century. Neuroanatomy: study of the structure of the ns. Neurochemistry: study of the chemical bases of neural activity. Neuroendocrinology: study of interactions between the ns and the endocrine system. Neuropharmacology: study of the effects of drugs on neural activity. Neurophysiology: study of the functions and activities of the ns. Not true experiments because potential confounds have not been controlled (ex: random assignment of subjects into conditions)
