Intro

Question 1

Biological psychology

Answer 1

Study of the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms and behaviour and experience

Question 2

Monism

Answer 2

Your thoughts/experiences are the same thing as your brain activity

Question 3

Physiological explanation

Answer 3

How does the behaviour relate to the physiology of the brain and other organs?

Question 4

Ontogenetic explanation

Answer 4

How a structure or behaviour develops. Including genes, nutrition, experiences, and their interactions.

Question 5

Evolutionary explanation

Answer 5

How did the capacity for the behaviour evolve?

Question 6

Functional explanation

Answer 6

What function does the behaviour or brain activity serve?

Question 7

The three R’s in legal standards for animal research

Answer 7

Reduction (of animals)
Replacement (with computers if possible)
Refinement (how to reduce discomfort the most)

Question 8

Why animal research

Answer 8

1. Sometimes easier to study
2. Interest in animal behaviours
3. Can help study evolution
4. Some experiments are impossible to do on humans

Question 9

Mind-body problem/mind-brain problem

Answer 9

How the mind relates to brain activity? What is consciousness?