Key terms: Week 1

Question 1

What is dualism?

Answer 1

stating that the body and brain are machines carrying out functions etc motion and breathing

Question 2

What is materialism?

Answer 2

Theory stating that Behaviour is produced by the nervous system

Question 3

What is Mentalism?

Answer 3

theory suggesting that the soul produces behaviours

Question 4

What is phrenology?

Answer 4

The study of the skulls

Question 5

What is the brain and body co-variation?

Answer 5

The parallel changes in the brain and behaviour

Question 6

What is behavioural intervention?

Answer 6

When we manipulate behaviour to change the brain

Question 7

what is somatic intervention?

Answer 7

when we manipulate the brain to change behaviours

Question 8

What do we mean by biological psychology as an interdisciplinary
Science?

Answer 8

Biological psychology uses various disciplines

Question 9

What disciplines does biological psychology use? 4

Answer 9

psychology
Neuroscience
Mathematics
Computer science