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Scientific method step 1

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Observation

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Scientific method step 2

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Hypothesis

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Scientific method step 3

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Experiment

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Scientific method step 4

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Data collection/ analysis

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Scientific method step 5

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Communication

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Evolution by natural selection

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Organisms more adapted to environment are likely to survive and pass on genes that aided to their success; species change over time

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Central Dogma (DNA)

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Info for all genes (in nucleus)

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Central Dogma (RNA)

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Messenger, puts genes into action

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Central Dogma (Protein)

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Genetic product, main work horse of biochemistry

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DNA and RNA

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Makes proteins, do cellular work, determine function

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Cell

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  • Basic unit of life
  • Semi-permeable membrane
  • Eukaryotic, has organelles (functional structures)
  • Import, export, and communicate
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Cells export, import, and communicate through what?

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Channels and secretory vesicles

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Neuroscience

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Scientific study of the nervous system 

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Behavioral neuroscience
(Biological psychology, physiological psychology)

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  • Study of human behavior arising from bodily processes
  • Understanding brain structures and functions, that respond to experiences and generate behavior
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Dualism

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Idea that humans have material body, but a non-material soul

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Modern neuroscience

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Mind can be understood as a product of physical processes in the brain 

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Levels of Study: Social Level

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Individuals behaving in social interaction 

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Levels of Study: Organ level

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Brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, eyes

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Levels of Study: neural systems level (brain region level)

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Eyes and visual brain region (visual cortex)

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Levels of Study: circuit level

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Local neural circuit

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Levels of Study: cellular level

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Single neuron

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Levels of Study: molecular level

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Molecules in the synapse

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Reductionism

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Idea we can understand complex systems by dissecting and analyzing their constituent parts; allows us to make a rapid progress on the more complex phenomena

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