6 Divisions of Biopsychology

Question 1

Physiology psychology

Answer 1

study of the neural mechanisms of behavior by manipulating the nervous systems of nonhuman animals in controlled experiments

Question 2

Psychopharmacology

Answer 2

study of the effects of drugs on the brain and behavior

Question 3

Neuropsychology

Answer 3

study of the psychological effects of brain damage in human patients (also nervous systems)

Question 4

Psychophsiology

Answer 4

study of the relations between physiological activity and psychological processes in human volunteers by noninvasive psychological recording

Question 5

Cognitive neuroscience

Answer 5

the study of the neural mechanisms of human cognition, largely through the use of functional brain imaging

Question 6

Comparative psychology

Answer 6

study of the evolution, genetics, and adaptiveness of behavior, largely through the use of comparative method