BioPsych

Behavioral

Defininition: observable behaviors are learned and processed through stimuli in the enviroment or through interactions (conditioning, Pavlov, Watson) 

  • think about clip charts and reward systems

Humanistic Perspective 

  • Think about how when you are 18 you feel free and can do whatever you want 

Ex) free will 18 to get belly piercing 

Nature vs. Nurture:

Nature

  • Genes

Nurture

  • Enviroment

  • Working on what nature has given us

Long standing argument over the contributions that genes and enviroment make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

Natural Selection: inherited traits enable an organism to survive & reproduce in a particulare enviroment that will most likely be apssed on to the next gen

Somatic NS

  • Voluntary

Ex)

Autonomic NS

  • Involuntary

Ex)

breathing, heartratwe, digestion, bloodpressure

Autonomic Nervous System has two subdivisions