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Unit 3 Biological Bases of Behavior
mainly brain based psychology
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Psychology
12th Grade
10/06/2013

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Biological Perspective
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To understand behavior by understanding the biological processes associated with those behaviors. This includes the brain, nervous system, genetics, and more. This is becoming more prominent all the time.
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phrenology
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the study of bumps on heads to determine brain abnormalities,
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neuron
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interconnected cells that go trough the body
how the body communicates
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sensory neuron
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sends a message to the brain
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motor neuron
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takes signals from the brain to places
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interneurons
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neurons in brain, allows brain to communicate with other parts of the brain
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dendrite
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recieves messages from other neurons, branches of the cell body
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axon
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long single extension of a neuron
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synapse
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the junstion between neurons
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mylein shealth
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