PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -Resting Potential, Myelin, Blood Sugar

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

Document Summary

There are both biological and psychological effects on behavior. Plato correctly located the mind as being in the head. Phrenology: studying bumps on the skull to revel a person"s mental abilities and character traits. This was disproved, but we do still use the notion that there is localization of function in the brain. Biological perspective: concerned with the links between biology and behavior. From the biological perspective, we have discovered: body is made up of cells among those are nerve cells that conduct electricity and communicate by sending chemical messages across a tiny gap separating them specific brain systems have specific functions. We integrate information processed in these different brain systems to construct out experience of sight and sounds, meanings and memories, pain and passion our adaptive brain is wired by experiences. Neurons (nerve cells) are the basic building blocks of the nervous system. Consist of a cell body and branching fibers.