PSYCH 202 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Coronal Plane, Behavioral Neuroscience, Sagittal Plane
14 Apr 2020
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But the actual start of biopsychology actually stemmed from thousands of years ago. No mention of the brain in the quran, the old and. New testaments, but the heart is mentioned a lot along with other parts such as the liver and the stomach. Localization of function. ": phrenology does relate to the understanding of brain function because it paved the way to the idea of localization of function which is the concept that different brain regions specialize in specific behaviors. For example, specific regions of the brain can be used to predict impairments. Paul broca noted that damage to a particular left side of the brain causes problems with speech production regularly. Descriptions need to be precise, with accurately defined terms and units to be useful: evolution: darwin"s theory of evolution is used by modern-day biological psychologists in two ways. The first is by evaluating similarities among species due to shared ancestry.
