PSYC 2240 Lecture : Lecture 1 notes!!
16 Feb 2012
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Charles darwin started the theory of evolution, he made a lot of predictions he called specimens. Orchid, moth- predicted that from the looking at the orchid there must be a moth with a long tongue to get into the orchid. Functional discovery of evolution that no one found that darwin predicted. The biological psychology is the study of the physiological and genetic basis of behavior. Emphasis is placed upon physiological, evolving and developmental mechanisms. Brain functioning has he explained at a more microscopic level in terms of neuron and glia activity. Biological explanation of behavior fall into categories: physiological emphasis on brain and other vital organs. 2. ontogenetic describes the developmental of a structure or behavior: evolutionary- focuses upon the evolutionary history of a behavior, functional describes why a structure or behavior evolved as it did. Explanations of the mind- body relationship do not answer some fundamental questions:
