Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
21 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
Biological psychology |
The study of the biological basis of mind and behaviour |
|
|
|
What do bio psychologists study? |
The relationship between cellular circuits in the brain and the behaviour and thoughts that these circuits produce |
|
|
|
Mind- body problem |
Philosophical problem concerning the nature of the mind and brain and how each influences the other |
|
|
|
Trephination |
The act of cutting a hole in the skill of a living human being |
|
|
|
Founder of dualism |
Rene Descartes |
|
|
|
Cartesian Dualism |
Mind and brain are desperate entities that interact |
|
|
|
Parallelism |
No relationship between the brain and mind. Two entities that run on parallel courses |
|
|
|
Interactionism |
Mind can influence the body and vice versa |
|
|
|
What part of the brain did Descartes think connected the mind and body? |
Pineal gland - fluid flowed from neurons to pineal glad for communication |
|
|
|
What are the two areas of Monism? |
Materialists - only the body/ brain exists Mentalists - only the mind exists
Men |
|
|
|
Emergent Property position |
Proposes the mind emerges as a property of the functioning brain |
|
|
|
Gestalt psychology is associated with what position about the mind body problem |
Emergent property position |
Melody |
|
|
What qualifies the experiment as bio psychology? |
The independent and/or the dependent variable must be a somatic variable |
|
|
|
Functional explanations |
Identifies the purpose of the behaviour |
|
|
|
Evolutionary explanation |
Discusses the behaviour in terms of adaptive advantage it has provided the species over its evolutionary history |
|
|
|
Evolutionary explanation |
Discusses the behaviour in terms of adaptive advantage it has provided the species over its evolutionary history |
|
|
|
Ontogenetic explanation |
It has developed the ability to exhibit the behaviour |
|
|
|
Physiological explanation |
Identify neural pathways and structures involved in behaviour |
|
|
|
What are the two mechanisms of evolution? |
Natural selection Random chance |
|
|
|
Natural selection |
Those individuals within a species that are best able to exploit the current environmental conditions will be disproportionally successful in reproducing |
|
|
|
Cumulative selection |
The occurrence of natural selection over many successive generations |
|
