PSY 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Maay Language, Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam, Lesion

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

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Biological perspective: concerned with the links between biology and behavior. Includes psychologists working in neuroscience, behavior genetics, and evolutionary psychology. psychologists working in neuroscience, behavior genetics, and evolutionary psychology. These researchers may call themselves behavioral neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, behavior geneticists, physiological psychologists, or biopsychologists. behavior geneticists, physiological psychologists, or biopsychologists. Neuron: a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system. Dendrites: a neuron"s bushy, branching extensions that receive messages and conduct. Dendrites: a neuron"s bushy, branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body. impulses toward the cell body. Myelin [my-uh-lin] sheath: a fatty tissue layer segmentally encasing the axons of some. Glial cells (glia): cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons; they. Glial cells (glia): cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons; they may also play a role in learning, thinking, and memory. may also play a role in learning, thinking, and memory.