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| Physiological Psychology 9 |
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| Division Of Bio-Psych, Studies Neural mechanisms of behavior thru direct manipulation of the brain in controlled experiments. Surgical and electrical methods of brain manipulation. ALMOST ALWAYS ANIMALS. |
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| Focuses on the manipulation of neural activity and behavior with drugs. CREATE AND TEST DRUGS. |
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| Study of Psychological effects of brain damage in human patents. EXCLUSIVELY WITH CASE STUDIES AND QUASIEXPERIMENTAL FROM PATENTS WITH DAMAGE FROM Disease, ACCIDENT OR NEUROSURGERY. Cerebral cortex most likely damaged by accident or surgery. |
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| Studies the relation between physiological activity and psychological process in human subjects. NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUES: EEG ETC ANS (Autonomic) |
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| Cognitive Neuroscience 10 |
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| Youngest division biopsych. Study the neural bases of cognition. Focus on humans - noninvasive. |
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comparative Psychology 11 (and approach 5)
Ethological Research |
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Biology of behavior. through comparison between species.
Study of animal behavior in natural enviro. |
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| cells that receive and transmit electrochemical messages. 100B neurons 100T connections. |
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| Study of the nervous system. |
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| person who take nothing at face vale, judges reasonableness of claims, assesses relevance. |
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| Not a static network of neurons, continually grows and changes due to experience and genetic programs. |
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| Scientific study of the biology of behavior. |
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| Evolutionary perspective 3 |
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| important aspect is the comparative approach. Environmental pressures let to brain evolution. |
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| Neuro- 4 definitions of differing studies in Neroscience |
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| testing same group of subjects under each condition |
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| Between-Subjects design 6 |
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| different groups tested under each condition. |
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| experimenter manipulated variable |
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| Variable measured against to determine effect of independent variable |
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| Variable and puts into question the results... an uncontrolled for event of some kind. |
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| copulating male who becomes tired can continue to copulate with a new partner. |
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| arched back rump up posture of female.... |
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| Persons who have been exposed to the conditions of interest in the real world |
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| Study of single case for in depth review that is generally better than a quasi |
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| Ability to draw inference to other case's |
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| Motivated by the curiosity of the researcher- sole purpose of acquiring knowledge |
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| intended to bring about some benefit to human kind |
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| When different approaches are focused on a single problem - strengths of one compensate for weakness of other. |
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| Severe memory loss, otherwise quite capable. Often alcoholics - due to thiamine deficiency |
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| empirical method of studying the unobservable. |
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| simplest behavioral observation given precedence. |
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| surgical - connections between pre-frontal and rest of brain are severed. |
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| large ares in front of brain left and right |
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| needle like device with retractable cutting device to sever tissue |
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| Inserting an ice pick like device under eyelid into (orbit) into frontal lobe. waved back and forth to sever connections between p-frontal and rest of brain. |
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| Any brain surgery to treat psychological problems. |
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| Contrast Xray Techniques 103 |
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| Regular xray no good. This injects a substance that absorbs xrays (contrast) |
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