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Lecture 1: Introduction & overview
What are tinbergen s 4 questions ...,
What is the general idea of psych...,
Who were the first people to try ...
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Lecture 2: Cells
What are the levels of organisati...,
What jobs do cells have and which...,
What processes do cells undertake...
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Lecture 3: Exploring the brain
What does the brain generally do 1,
What are the two divisions of the...,
Describe the peripheral nervous s...
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Lecture 4: Neurotransmission 1 - Electrical Signalling in Neurons
Who and how was it discovered tha...,
Who and how were nerves found to ...,
What famous theory came from earl...
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Lecture 5: Neuronal Transmission 2 - Synapses and Circuits
How do sodium channels cause a po...,
Do action potentials change in st...,
What is involved in action potent...
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Lecture 7: Sensing the World I - Senses and Vision
Define sensation and what does it...,
Define perception and what does i...,
How many senses do humans have an...
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Lecture 8: Somatosensation
What is the role of somatosensati...,
The more receptors you have 2,
What two kinds of skin do humans ...
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Lecture 9: Motor Systems
What are the components of hierar...,
What did hughlings jackson discov...,
How would picking up a mug happen 3
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Lecture 10: Sensing the World II - Audition
Why do we hear 1,
What different sound attributes c...,
What is sound 3
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Lecture 11: Sensing the World III - Chemical Sensation
Why are odours and flavours impor...,
Why are olfactory cues important 2,
How relevant is smell to humans c...
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Lecture 12: Sensorimotor Integration
Why do we need brains and what ar...,
How is the sensory information us...,
Describe the patellar reflex knee...
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Lecture 13: Respondent Conditioning
Why are learning motivation and e...,
What is learning from a psycholog...,
What are behaviours that aren t l...
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Lecture 14: Goal-Directed Behaviour
Describe thorndike s puzzle box 1,
What are some of thorndike s laws...,
Describe operant instrumental con...
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Lecture 15: Experience-Dependent Plasticity
Associative vs non associative le...,
What are the two types of memory 2,
Who developed to idea of a memory...
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Lecture 16: Motivation
Define motivation 1,
What tools do we use to study mot...,
Define the drive reduction theory 3
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Lecture 17: The Limbic Brain
What are the 3 primary ways the b...,
What are the 4 nutrients the body...,
Define a calorie 3
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Lecture 18: Intro to Evolutionary Theory and Psychology I
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Lecture 19: Intro to Evolutionary Theory and Psychology II
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Lecture 20: Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness
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Lecture 21: Tool Use and Manufacture
(Cognitive Implications from Paleolithic to Neolithic)
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