Biopsychology Flashcards
1
Q
What are the four lobes and what are they responsible for?
A
Frontal: problem solving, planning, behavioural control, word production
Temporal: memory, emotion (not visible), word understanding
Occipital: vision
Parietal: processes sensory information (taste, temperature, touch)
2
Q
What are the two aspects of the nervous system?
A
Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system
3
Q
What is biopsychology?
A
A clinical model developed to treat and understand disorders, functions or ‘malfunctions’.
It looks at the brain, genetics, chemicals and function to understand and explain behaviour.
