Lecture 1 to 4

Question 1

What’s bio psychology? (4 things go into it) GEPA

Asks.. answers in..

Answer 1

Study of mind and behaviour in terms of underlying GENETIC EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMICAL mechanisms

Asks psychological questions answers include underlying mechanisms (biological
factors)

Question 2

Why study bio psych ? 4 things (work..,treatements,illness,understand..

Answer 2

1. understand others,yourself and biological organisms
2. work with people and animals to help them with issues
3. psychological illnesses have significant biological based treatments
4. biopsych medicines and treatments will radically transform our world in the future

Question 3

what’s neuroscience (2 things fall
under, think body and and bone body)

Answer 3

Study of nervous system
Neuroanatomy-anatomy of nervous system
Neurophysiology- physiology of nervous system

Question 4

what’s cellular/molecular science? (tools)

Answer 4

tools to see how nervous system functions on microscopic scale

Question 5

What’s psychopharmacology ? effects two things

Answer 5

study of Effect of drugs on mind and behaviour

Question 6

What’s evolutionary psychology? asks..answers in terms..

underlying…

Answer 6

Study of psychological phenomena in terms of underlying evolutionary mechanisms

asks psychological questions answers in terms of evolutionary mechanisms

Question 7

What’s behaviour genetics? varys..

Answer 7

variations in genes effect traits inheritance

Question 8

what’s comparative psychology ? study of b and c

Answer 8

Study of behaviour and cognition within human and non human animals

Question 9

What. are the three names for bio psychology and what is subject is it a part of? (b.n,c.n,n.p)

Answer 9

subject of neuroscience

can be called behavioural neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience,neuropsychology

Question 10

What’s the mind brain problem and what are two solutions proposed? (m and d)

Answer 10

what’s the relationship between your physical body and your mental mind (consciousness)?

Proposed monism and dualism

Question 11

What was proposed with dualism, what two things go it it(p and in..) and what is it?

Answer 11

dualism was proposed meaning mind and body where two different things and are incapable of interaction.

2 versions of dualism: parallelism and interactionalism

Question 12

What’s parallelism (in line) and interactionalism and do these two things fall under? (d)

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What’s biopsychologists view on dualism? (limitations)

Answer 13

If mind and body are two different things it limits how much we can study about mind and body

Question 14

What is monism and the two things that fall under it? (mat,ment) (looks like.. but..)

Answer 14

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

Question 15

What are the three types of materialism and what’s the challenge to using it? (red..,elimi..emergent..)

Must state why feels…

Answer 15

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

Question 16

What is the difference between pure and applied research?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Why doesn’t applied research get all the money? and what three things is hard to do without? (know,tec,se..)

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Why’s it important to understand both types of research? (basic research is needed for what?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

2 reasons we need basic research? (back..,need t)

Answer 19

need background info on the topic
need tools/techniques to study topics and questions

Question 20

What’s majority of research done on?

Answer 20

Non human animals

Question 21

what’s the four advantages and disadvantages to human research? (good..,method,inform..,che) (limit,method,com)

Answer 21

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

Question 22

3 advantages and disadvantages to animal research? (better,simp..,comp)
(val and g,method,higher..)

Answer 22

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

Question 23

in animal ethics what are the two extreme positions and how many people don’t agree with them?

Answer 23

1. no animal research
2. no restrictions on animal research

99.9 of people don’t agree with this

Question 24

What’s the middle ground in animal ethics and what three things go into this to allow animal research?
(allow,all research..,enforce)

Answer 24

Middle ground is cost to benefit analysis

1. animal research is allowed when benefits exceed costs
2. all research is evaluated and approved
3. animal research is enforced by strict regulatory body’s such as CCAC-canadian councel of animal care

Question 25

What three things must researchers show to conduct animal research? (bene,all reason..,used a..)

Answer 25

1. benefits higher then costs. ethically sound
2. takes all reasonable steps to maximize benefits and minimize costs
3. used alternatives when possible