L1 - Intro to Biological Psychology Flashcards

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What is the definition of Biological psychology?

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the study of the brain mechanisms that control behaviour

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According to the historical perspective, what components led to the development of psychology?

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Philosophy
Physiology
Biology
Quantification
Medicine

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What are the modern branches of psychology?

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Social
Developmental
Individual differences
Cognitive
Abnormal
Biological

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who were the 3 greek key philosopher that aided the development of psychology?

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Socrates
Plato
Aristotle

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who was the Roman key philosopher that aided the development of psychology?

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Plotinus

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What were the 3 major questions that these philosophers tried to answer?

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What + where is the mind?

How does the mind interact/ influence the body + action?

Can we reliably investigate the nature of the mind?

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What mechanism did the ancient greeks use to control action?

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Trepanation (drilling holes in skulls) for therapeutic reasons

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What is the Humours Theory?

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The balance of the 4 vital fluids: blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm affect temperament and abnormalities.

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What did Hippocrates theory do?

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Emphasised the brain’s role in emotions, wisdom + madness

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What did Galen propose?

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The brain controlled behaviour though the flow of humours in nerves.

This theory lasted until 1800s

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What did Rene Descartes introduce?

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The hydraulic model with the pineal gland as the “seat of the soul,” emphasising the view that nerves are hollow tubes carrying ‘animal spirits.’

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What did Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens (1823) propose?

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Brain areas affect specific functions

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What did Franz Joseph Gall propose?

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Suggested skull bumps reflect the brain function + personality traits (phrenology)

This was scientifically disproven.

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What did Paul Broca find?

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Linked speech production to the Broca’s area

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What did Karl Wernicke find?

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Linked language comprehension to the Wernicke’s area

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What did Fritsch + Hitzig discover?

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Motor and sensory cortices (plural of cortex) through electrical stimulation

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What did Brodmann create?

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A cytoarchitectural map of the cortex, linking structure to function

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What are the 2 brain imaging techniques + what do they allow us to do?

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MRI + PET scans

Allow us to visualise brain activity + have confirmed findings from brain-damaged patient studies.

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What did Luigi Galvani demonstrate?

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Nerves operate through electrical mechanisms rather than hydraulics.

Hydraulics is a technology that uses liquid (normally water + oil) to transmit power through converting liquid pressure into mechanical force.

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What did Otto Loewi prove?

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That chemical transmission at synapses, leading to the understanding of neurotransmitters.