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Outline for today
A bit about me
Go over syllabus
Introduction to the course….
Brain and Behavior PSY 312
Other terms:
psychobiology
biopsychology
behavioral neuroscience
physiological psychology
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Psychopharmacology
◦ studies drugs and behavior
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Psychoneuroendocrinology
◦ studies hormones and behavior
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Psychoneuroimmunology
◦ studies immune system and environment and
behavior
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Cognitive Neuroscience
◦ studies looking at how brain works
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Ancient Egyptians
◦ preserved intestines, livers and other internal
organs of their leaders
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Assyrians (ancient tribes of Israel)
◦ liver
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Hippocrates
◦ brain
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mind vs brain
◦ Descarte – french philosopher
 physical matter vs soul
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body vs soul
brain vs soul
Dualism
- mind and body
(brain) are separate
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Dualism
- mind and body (brain)
are separate
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Monism - mind and body
(brain) are same; reality
consists of unified whole
mind is the working of
brain and nervous
system (neurons firing)
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Trouble sleeping
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loss of appetite
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feels sad and
cries a lot
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Blinding
headache
lapses of
consciousness
seizures or
epilepsy
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Blinding
headache
lapses of
consciousness
seizures or
epilepsy
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Trouble sleeping
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loss of appetite
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feels sad and
cries a lot
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Psychological perspectives on violent or
unusual behavior
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Clinical
Personality
Social Psychology
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Phineas Gage -
Charles Whitman
1966- University of Texas
- killed 14 people and injured
dozens more in a little over 90
min
Explanations:
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physiological explanations
developmental or ontogenetic emergence
of a behavior
evolutionary or functional explanations
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