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Chapter 4 of the document "Techniques in Behavioral Pharmacology" focuses on various methodologies utilized to evaluate animal behaviour in the context of behavioural pharmacology. The chapter emphasizes the importance of animal studies for understanding the neurochemical basis of behaviour and developing models for psychiatric disorders. Techniques discussed include simple behavioural observation, motor activity measures, and operant conditioning. The chapter highlights how these methods allo...

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What psychosocial correlates are noted with seizures? - 1. Stress is associated with chronic illness (e.g., loss of control, low self esteem, life restrictions, increased dependency) 2. Family factors are associated with lower cognitive outcomes (e.g., negative reactions, lower SES, divorce, parental control/dependency) 3. Higher risk of psychopathology (e.g., depression and anxiety) What background information is necessary for assessments? - 1) Developmental and Family History 2) Medical ...

What are the seven steps of the perceptual process? - Distal stimulus Creation of proximal stimulus Receptor processes Neural processing Perception Recognition Action Knowledge Distal stimulus - In perception, it is the actual object or event out there in the world, as opposed to its perceived image. Creation of proximal stimulus - Includes the principle of transformation (stimulus being transformed between environment and perception) and the principle of representation (Perceptio...

Perception is a __________ phenomenon. - psychological __________ is the process of changing one form of energy to another. - Transduction A nerve is a bundle of cell _______ - Axons As I have aged I have lost the ability to focus on objects that are close to me due a loss of flexibility in my ______ - lens The neurons that carry the signal from eye to brain are called _______ cells. - ganglion Bipolar cells are found in what part of the eye? - retina The stimulus for vision is...

Overt vs covert attention - Overt Attention is attention with the direct use of a sense organ. - It's turning your head or moving your eyes. Covert Attention is attention without looking - seeing something with your peripheral Ponser's Pre-cueing Experiment - An experiment that proved that attention can enhance the processing of a stimulus. - person had to stare at the center and respond to pointing arrows. when attention was to the right and the arrow pointed to the right, they respo...

Perception is a __________ phenomenon. - psychological __________ is the process of changing one form of energy to another. - Transduction A nerve is a bundle of cell _______ - Axons As I have aged I have lost the ability to focus on objects that are close to me due a loss of flexibility in my ______ - lens The neurons that carry the signal from eye to brain are called _______ cells. - ganglion Bipolar cells are found in what part of the eye? - retina The stimulus for vision is...

The Scientist-Practitioner Model - "the boulder model", developed in 1949 to create a standard for psychological schooling The Scholar-Practitioner Model - "the vail model", developed in 1973 to create a program for specifically applied schooling such as counseling, assessment, etc. that does not involve research The Clinical Science Model - developed in 1991 to create a program where schooling is first based on scientific psychology, more statistics, research, etc. efficacy - the s...

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