PSYC 271 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Temporal Lobe, Substantia Nigra, Axon Hillock
1 Dec 2016
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Branch of psychology concerned with its biological and physiological aspects. Donald hebb - the organization of behaviour (1949: credited with catalyzing the emergence of biopsychology in the 40s, considered the father of neurophysiology, spaun project (eliasmith et al. , 2012) - a neural network model contains 2. 5 neurons. Neuroscience - science of studying nervous system. Human subjects: follow direction, report subjective experiences, less expensive. Non-human subjects: simpler nervous systems, fewer ethical constraints, cannot generalize results to human population, assessing cognitive processes can be dif cult. Experimental studies: investigate cause and effect relationships, high amount of experimental control, effect may be due to confounds. Non-experimental models: usually observational, human problem in human subject = fully generalizable to human populations, low experimental control. Physiological psychology: focus: direct manipulation of the nervous system in lab setting, ex. lesions, subjects: typically lab animals, level: basic.
