Lecture 1 to 4 Flashcards
What’s bio psychology? (4 things go into it) GEPA
Asks.. answers in..
Study of mind and behaviour in terms of underlying GENETIC EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMICAL mechanisms
Asks psychological questions answers include underlying mechanisms (biological
factors)
Why study bio psych ? 4 things (work..,treatements,illness,understand..
- understand others,yourself and biological organisms
- work with people and animals to help them with issues
- psychological illnesses have significant biological based treatments
- biopsych medicines and treatments will radically transform our world in the future
what’s neuroscience (2 things fall
under, think body and and bone body)
Study of nervous system
Neuroanatomy-anatomy of nervous system
Neurophysiology- physiology of nervous system
what’s cellular/molecular science? (tools)
tools to see how nervous system functions on microscopic scale
What’s psychopharmacology ? effects two things
study of Effect of drugs on mind and behaviour
What’s evolutionary psychology? asks..answers in terms..
underlying…
Study of psychological phenomena in terms of underlying evolutionary mechanisms
asks psychological questions answers in terms of evolutionary mechanisms
What’s behaviour genetics? varys..
variations in genes effect traits inheritance
what’s comparative psychology ? study of b and c
Study of behaviour and cognition within human and non human animals
What. are the three names for bio psychology and what is subject is it a part of? (b.n,c.n,n.p)
subject of neuroscience
can be called behavioural neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience,neuropsychology
What’s the mind brain problem and what are two solutions proposed? (m and d)
what’s the relationship between your physical body and your mental mind (consciousness)?
Proposed monism and dualism
What was proposed with dualism, what two things go it it(p and in..) and what is it?
dualism was proposed meaning mind and body where two different things and are incapable of interaction.
2 versions of dualism: parallelism and interactionalism
What’s parallelism (in line) and interactionalism and do these two things fall under? (d)
fall
under dualism
Parallelism believes body and mind don’t interact but are in line with one another and operate in parallel (effects both)
Interactionalism: 2 different things are capable of interacting
What’s biopsychologists view on dualism? (limitations)
If mind and body are two different things it limits how much we can study about mind and body
What is monism and the two things that fall under it? (mat,ment) (looks like.. but..)
Monism: looks like there’s two different things but they aren’t
Materialism: mind and body is part of physical world
Mentalism: world is product of mind
What are the three types of materialism and what’s the challenge to using it? (red..,elimi..emergent..)
Must state why feels…
Reductive materialism: can analyze things on multiple levels
eliminative materialism: no levels of analysis of phenomena
Emergent property materialism: mind organizes matter in unique way
CHALLENGE WITH MATERIALISM: must state why mental phenomena feels different or the same as body/physical phenomena
What is the difference between pure and applied research?
Pure(basic) research’s aims to inform population and close knowledge gaps, answers unknown questions of interest to humans
Applied research aims to solve a problem with any relevant possible question, real world issues like human disorders trying to be addressed and solved
Why doesn’t applied research get all the money? and what three things is hard to do without? (know,tec,se..)
Applied research can only be started when enough background info is done by basic research to tack applied problems and serendipity
HARD TO DO APPLIED RESEARCH WITHOUT
KNOWLEDGE TECHNIQUES SERENDIPITY
SERENDIPIITY ARE BENEFICIAL DISCOVERIES BY ACCIDENT
Why’s it important to understand both types of research? (basic research is needed for what?
As public pressure for government to spend money carefully arises, understanding the need for basic research to provide adequate background info to solve applied problems is needed to tackle to problems and serendipity
2 reasons we need basic research? (back..,need t)
need background info on the topic
need tools/techniques to study topics and questions
What’s majority of research done on?
Non human animals
what’s the four advantages and disadvantages to human research? (good..,method,inform..,che) (limit,method,com)
Advantages
1. good validity and generalizability
2. methodologically easier: follows instructions,self reports
3. can give informed consent
4, cheaper then animals
DISADVANTAGES
1. limitations in experimental control
2. methodologically tricky: social effects
3. complexity
3 advantages and disadvantages to animal research? (better,simp..,comp)
(val and g,method,higher..)
Advantages
1. better experimental control:subject history
2. simplicity
3.comparative assessments
Disadvantages
1. validity and generalizability
2. methodological challenges:can’t follow instructions
3. higher cost
in animal ethics what are the two extreme positions and how many people don’t agree with them?
- no animal research
- no restrictions on animal research
99.9 of people don’t agree with this
What’s the middle ground in animal ethics and what three things go into this to allow animal research?
(allow,all research..,enforce)
Middle ground is cost to benefit analysis
- animal research is allowed when benefits exceed costs
- all research is evaluated and approved
- animal research is enforced by strict regulatory body’s such as CCAC-canadian councel of animal care
What three things must researchers show to conduct animal research? (bene,all reason..,used a..)
- benefits higher then costs. ethically sound
- takes all reasonable steps to maximize benefits and minimize costs
- used alternatives when possible
