1.1 Biological Approach To Behaviour Flashcards
Much of biological psychology concerns ____ ____.
brain functioning
____ psychology is the study of the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behaviour and experience.
Biological
The human brain seen from above is called the
Dorsal view.
The human brain seen from below is called the
Ventral view
At the microscopic level, we find two kinds of cells: the ____ and the ____.
neurons, glia
____, which convey messages to one another and to muscles and glands, vary enormously in size, shape, and functions.
Neurons
The ____, generally smaller than neurons, have many functions but do not convey information over great distances.
glia
Biological explanations of ____ fall into four categories: physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional.
behaviour
A ____ explanation relates a behaviour to the activity of the brain other organs. It deals with the machinery of the body.
physiological
And ____ explanation describes how a structure or behaviour develops, including the influences of genes, nutrition, experiences, and their interactions.
ontogenetic
An ____ explanation reconstructs the evolutionary history of the structure or behaviour.
evolutionary
A ____ explanation describes why a structure or behaviour involved as it did.
functional