Behavioral Neuroscience #1

All the orange words

Behavioral neuroscience

the application of biology to study the physiological, genetic, and developmental mechanisms of behavior in human and nonhumans.

Behavioral neuroscince examines…

how our experience and environment modify the brain and our behavior.

Biopsychology

is a synonym of behavioral neuroscience

biological psychology

is a synonym of behavioral neuroscience

physiological psychology

is a synonym of behavioral neuroscience

psychobiology

is a synonym of behavioral neuroscience

Neuroscience

is the scientific study of the nervous system

Biological Psychology (biopsychology/psychobiology)

same this as behavioral neuroscience

Neurobiology

same as neuroscience (more biology)

Neurology

branch of medicine that studies the brain and nervous system, especially diseases.

Neurospychology

Similar to biopsychology, but involves the study of brain-lesions/damage that interfere with function (may use cognitive testing and brain imaging).

Psychophysics

NOT neuroscience at all; the relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations/prespetions they affect

Four major categories of biological explanations of behavior

Descriptive, Evolutionary, Developmental, Mechanistic

Descriptive explanation of behavior

WHAT does behavior look like?

Evolutionary

HOW has behavior and its functions evolved

Developmental

behavior and its biological characteristics change across your life span

Mechanisitic

involves some manipulation to relate behavior to the activity of the brain, cells, genes, etc

Reductionism

an approach to understanding complex systems by breaking them down into their smaller, more fundamental parts