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PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY-EXAMQUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Physiological Psychology - Answer-- The study of the brain and behavior
- Branch of Psychology that studies the relationship between behavior and the (body)
brain
Behavior - Answer-- A persons actions
Neuroscience - Answer-- Multidisciplinary study of the nervous system at ALL levels
Aspects of Neuroscience - Answer-- Neurology
- Genetics
- Chemistry
- Psychobiology
- Computer Scientists
- Theoretical Physicists
Mind-Brain Problem
- Nature of the Mind and Brain - Answer-- Mind is part of the nonphysical or
metaphysical world
- Brain is part of the physical world
Therefore, the mind and body are dualistic and separate
Mind-Brain Problem
- Relationship Between the Mind and Brain - Answer-- Mind and brain are two separate
entities
Therefore, mind is part of the nonphysical world and brain is part of the physical world
Two Philosophical Views
- Dualism - Answer-- Mind and brain belong to different worlds
- nonphysical world vs. physical world
- The mind controls the brain by "interacting" with it
Two Philosophical Views
- Monism - Answer-- Mind and brain belong to the same world
- Physical world = Materialism
- Mind is the "product" of physical processes in the brain
- Can NOT describe the relationship between mind and brain
- Only describes the nature of the mind and brain
Two Philosophical Views
, - Monism
- Idealistic View - Answer-- Nothing exists except my thoughts and my consciousness
- Undefeatable but completely useless when it comes to science
- Only in Philosophy
Rene Descartes (17th century philosopher) - Answer-- Put emphasis on the physical
explanation of behavior
- Provided a model of how the nervous system works
- Model: a proposed mechanisms for how something works
- Science progresses by developing and testing models
Rene Descartes (17th century philosopher) and The Pineal Gland - Answer-- Descartes
said In humans, the mind interacts with the body at a single point in the brain
- Pineal gland is the single point Descartes studied, It is centered directly in the middle
of the brain
- Pineal gland is the "Seat of the Soul"
- Descartes claimed that the pineal gland is a miracle NOT the brain.
- Outside of the Pineal gland, the rest of the brain is just a machine
Descartes' Hydraulic Model - Answer-- A plumbing system model for how the nervous
system works
- Nerves are hollow tubes where a fluid ("animal spirit") flows
- Fluid inside the nervous system (Cerebral Spinal Fluid)
- Believed that behavior was controlled by animal spirits flowing through the nerves
- Pineal Gland pumps the fluid through brain and nerves
- Mind (soul) tilts the pineal gland to direct fluid to specific nerves —> specific muscles
inflate (move)
Galvani (1700s) and His Frogs - Answer-- Nerves are like wires conducting electricity
- Totally destroyed Descartes model
Helmholtz (1800s) - Answer-- How come nerves conduction speed is only 90ft/sec?
- Showed Galvani's model was to simple
Nature vs Nurture Controversy and the Brain - Answer-- Basic philosophical issue
question driving psychology (along with mind/body problem)
- How much of Brain and Behavior is due to heredity?
- How much of Brain and Behavior is due to the environment?
- How do heredity and environment interact?
Gene - Answer-- Unit of heredity
- Just a portion of chromosomes
- Found on chromosomes (inside the nucleus of each cell)
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