AP Psychology
Chapter 2
Biological Bases of Behavior
AP Psychology Lesson 9/18; 9/21
Four
pack
AP Psychology Lesson 9/18; 9/21
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No Journal prompt
Phrenology
Introduce research assignment
Quackery
Discovering psychology
Phrenology
http://www.hfac.uh.edu/COGSCI/Phren
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Today’s Lesson 9/22; 9/23
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Journal prompt: Endorphins
Drawing a neuron
Quiz on neurons, next class
Library
Four
pack
Journal Prompt 9/22; 9/23
• Journal Prompt:
• P. 53
Can you recall a time
when the endorphin
process may have
protected you from
extreme pain?
Learning Objective
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Identify the parts of the neuron and describe the basic
process of neural transmission.
Neural Communication
Neurobiologists and other investigators
understand that humans and animals operate
similarly when processing information.
Note the similarities in the above brain regions, which are all
engaged in information processing.
Biological psychologists
• Study the links between biological activity and
psychological events
• Humans are biopsychosocial systems.
Lesson plan 9/24 B; 9/25 A
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Journal prompt: all-or-none
Notes: Neuron
Notes quiz on the neuron
Library assignment: Multimedia Neuroscience
Journal prompt 9/24; 9/25
1.2 Identify the parts of the neuron and
describe the basic process of neural
transmission.
Journal Prompt: p.50-51
How does the all-or-none
response work?
AP Psychology Lessons 9/28; 9/29
• Journal Prompt: Pituitary
– Drawing the brain
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TURN IN PLAY-DOH! For Wednesday Lesson
Nervous System
Endocrine System
Psych Sim Chapter 2
– Brain and Behavior
– Hemispheric Specialization
Journal Prompt 10/3
• 2.1 Describe how the
endocrine glands are
linked to the nervous
system
• 2.2 Describe the effects of
hormones on behavior
and mental processes
• 2.3 Describe hormone
effects on the immune
system
• P. 59 Why is the pituitary
gland called the master
gland? What specific
behaviors does it control?
• Journal prompt: Pituitary gland
• Endocrine systems
• Video Clips
– THE BRAIN Hormones during Brain Development
– THE MIND Endorphin Receptors
– THE MIND Dopamine Pathways
• Review The Brain Packet
The Endocrine System
The Endocrine
System is the body’s
“slow” chemical
communication
system.
Communication is
carried out by
hormones
synthesized by a set
of glands.
Today’s Lessons 10/2 (B); 10/5 (A)
Journal Prompt : Left-handedness
Review of lobes and brain structures
EXAM 10/8 (B); 10/9 (A)
Vocabulary outline or list due at exam.
(I will give a binder grade for Chapter 2 along
with Chapter 3.)
Journal Prompt 10/2 (B); 10/5 (A)
• 1.4 Describe
lateralization of brain
functions.
p. 80
How do two-day-old babies
demonstrate tendencies to
left-handedness or righthandedness?
How is this determined at
age 5 months?
What do such findings
show about the cause of
left- or right-handedness?
left handed/
ed ted lessons
Structure of the Cortex
Each brain hemisphere
is divided into four
lobes that are separated
by prominent fissures.
These lobes are the
frontal lobe (forehead),
parietal lobe (top to rear
head), occipital lobe
(back head) and
temporal lobe (side of
head).
AP Psychology 10/6 (B); 10/7 (A)
• Journal prompt:
– Neurogenesis
• Notes:
– Having your head examined
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EEG
PET
MRI
fMRI
• Next class 10/8 (B); 10/9 (A)
– EXAM
• FRQ to follow
– Chapter 2 Vocabulary outline
• Journal is not due this week. I will pick it up with chapter 3.
Journal prompt 10/6 (B); 10/7 (A)
• Discuss the
mechanisms and the
importance of
plasticity of the
nervous system.
p. 74 What scientific
advances might we
look forward to as the
result of current
research on
neurogenesis?
Free Response Question
• Part II. Sixteen point question will be on the test.
If you stub your toe, how does the impulse travel through your nervous
system allowing you to pull your toe back and jump up and down in pain?
Explain how this process occurs (including the process of neural transmission)
using the following terms in context:
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Sensory neuron
Peripheral nervous system
Central nervous system
Interneuron
Motor neuron
Action potential
Neurotransmitter
Synapse
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
An amplified recording of the electrical waves
sweeping across the brain’s surface, measured
by electrodes placed on the scalp.
AJ Photo/ Photo Researchers, Inc.
PET Scan
Courtesy of National Brookhaven National Laboratories
PET (positron emission
tomography) Scan is a
visual display of brain
activity that detects a
radioactive form of
glucose while the brain
performs a given task.
MRI Scan
MRI (magnetic resonance
imaging) uses magnetic
fields and radio waves to
produce computergenerated images that
distinguish among MRI on dog
Both photos from Daniel Weinberger, M.D., CBDB, NIMH
different types of brain
tissue. Top images show
ventricular enlargement in
a schizophrenic patient.
Bottom image shows brain
regions when a
James Salzano/ Salzano Photo
Lucy Reading/ Lucy Illustrations
participants lies.
Functional MRI
• MRI on dog
Image source: sciencenews.org
Functional MRI
fMRI
Function as well as structure
Brain “lights up” with oxygen-laden blood flow.
how fMRI works
Image source: wikimedia.commons