Physiological Psychology Chapter 1

Front 1

dualism

Back 1

Decartes mind has immaterial
soul disticnt and controls mind

Front 2

phrenology

Back 2

bumps on skull reflect enlargements
responsible for behavioral aspects

Front 3

localization of function

Back 3

brain regions
specalize in function

Front 4

neuroplasticity

Back 4

ability of NS to change
in response to environment

Front 5

adult neurogenisis

Back 5

creation of new neurons
in the brain of an adult

Front 6

social
neuroscience

Back 6

field of study that uses tools of
neuroscience to discover biological
basis of behavior affects of social on
brain

Front 7

neuroeconomics

Back 7

study of brain mechanisms
at work when making decisions

Front 8

conserved charactersitcis

Back 8

trait from common ancestor passed on to all

Front 9

evolutionary psychology

Back 9

field that asks how natural selection
shaped behavior in humans and other animals

Front 10

ontogeny

Back 10

process by which individuals grow over lifetime

Front 11

levels of analysis

Back 11

scope of experimental approaches

Front 12

reducitonism

Back 12

breaking system into
smaller parts to understand
it better

Front 13

correlation

Back 13

reseracher quantifies co-occurane of behavior and somatic change

Front 14

behavioral intervention

Back 14

intervening in behavior of organism and looking for resultant changes
in body form or function

Front 15

somatic intervention

Back 15

involves manipulating body structure or functions and looking for change in behavior

Front 16

conciousness

Back 16

state of awarness of ones
existance, thoughts, emotions
and experience

Front 17

methylation

Back 17

maternal neglect casuign lasting inactivation of gene

Front 18

epigenetics

Back 18

factors that affwect gene expression with out making changes in nucleotide
secuence of genes

Front 19

Biological Psychology

Back 19

study of the biological bases of psychological behavior

Front 20

Ancient biological psycholgoy

Back 20

Bible does not mention brain but instead heart, liver, stomach
Ancient egyptians discarded brain
Thought brain cooled heart

Front 21

Hippocrates, Galen

Back 21

first to see evidence of brain and nerves as crucial

Front 22

Ramon y Cajal

Back 22

used microscope proof of cell theory