chapter 01 Flashcards
Biopsychology
studying the brain and how it influences human behaviour
Physiological Psychology
manipulate body-record behaviour, bodies response to behaviour or activity, change physiology, measure psychology
Psychophysiology
change psychology, measure physiology (ex. blood pressure, eye tracking)
Psychopharmacology
effects of drugs on brain
Neuropsychology
psychological effects on brain damage (ex. testing, diagnosis, treatment)
Cognitive Neuroscience
relation between brain activity measured by neuroimaging (ex. fMRI)
Comparative Psychology
comparing different species
Evolutionary Psychology
understanding behaviour through evolutionary origins
Behavioural Genetics
understanding genetic influences on behaviour
Korsadoff’s Syndrome
a condition characterized by severe memory loss and most commonly seen in alcoholics.
The Coolidge Effect
a biological phenomenon seen in animals, whereby males exhibit renewed sexual interest whenever a new female is introduced, even after sex with prior but still available sexual partners
Lobotomy
a type of brain surgery that became popular in the 1930s as a treatment for mental health conditions such as schizophrenia. It involves severing the connection between the frontal lobe and other parts of the brain
Dualism
the Body and the Soul - it is believed that these two things are separate from each other
Renes Descartes (1596-1650)
appeased both sides by asserting the universe could be understood in two ways: the natural world belongs to science and the mind/soul/morality belongs to religion - Cartesian Dualism.
Cartesian Dualism
the natures of mind and body are completely different from one another and that each could exist by itself - creted by Renes Descartes.
The Seat
the agent that exists at a higher level in the brain, an interface for the two planes to meet; it was believed the Pineal Gland was the seat of conscience and the connection between the body and soul; this gland is actually important for hormones
Asomatognosia
often involves damage to the right frontal and parietal lobes. e.g. can see the leg but doesn’t understand that it is part of the body
Cerebral Achromatopsia
no longer able to see colours and loses the ability to think in colour
Monism
a theory or doctrine that denies the existence of a distinction or duality in some sphere, such as that between matter and mind, or God and the world
Ethology
study of animal behaviour in a natural environment
Charles Darwin Theory of Natural Selection
all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the individual’s ability to compete, survive, and reproduce.
Variation, Inheritance, Selection (Time, Adaptation)
