Chapter 1 Summary & Outline
What Is Biological Psychology?
Study questions: 1 | 2
Five Viewpoints Explore the Biology of Behavior
- Behavior can be described according to different criteria
- We compare species to learn how the brain and behavior have evolved
- The body and behavior develop over the life span
- Biological mechanisms underlie all behavior
- Research can be applied to human problems
Study questions: 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Three Approaches Relate Brain and Behavior
Study questions: 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
Neuroplasticity: Behavior Can Change the Brain
- Biological and social psychology are related
Study questions: 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19
Biological Psychologists Use Several Levels of Analysis
Study questions: 20 | 21
A Preview of the Book: Fables and Facts about the Brain
Study questions: 22 | 23
Neuroscience Contributes to Our Understanding of Psychiatric Disorders
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Animal Research Makes Vital Contributions
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The History of Research on the Brain and Behavior Begins in Antiquity
- Renaissance scientists began to understand brain anatomy
- The concept of localization of function arose in the nineteenth century
- Modern biological psychology arose in the twentieth century
- Consciousness is a thorny problem
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