| Question |
Answer |
| Biological Psychology |
The study of the biological bases of psychological processes and behavior. |
| Neuroscience |
the sutdy of the nervouse system |
| behavioral neuroscience |
the field of study concernced with the ways in which nervous system activity manifests in behavior |
| conserved |
in the context of evolution refering to the trait that is passed on from a common ancestor to two or more descendant species |
| ontogeny |
the process by which an individual changes in the course of its lifetime---that is, grows up and grows old. |
| neuron |
also called nerve cell. The basic unit of the nervouse system |
| somatic intervention |
an approach to finding relations between body variables and behavioral variables that involves manipulating body structure or function and looking for resultant changes in behavior. |
| independant variable |
the factor that is manipulated by an experiment |
| dependent variable |
the factor that an experimenter measures to monitor a change in response to changes in an independent varible |
| behavioral intervention |
an approach to finding relations between body variables and behavorial variables that involves intervening in the behavior of an organism and looking for resultant changes in body struture or function |
| correlation |
the covariation of two measures |
| neural plasticity |
also called neuroplasticity. the ablitiy of the nervous system to change in response to experience or the environment |
| levels of analysis |
the scope of experimental appraoches. a scientist may tyr to understand behavior by monitoring molecules, nerve cells, brain regions, or social environments, or some combination of these levels of analysis |
| reductionism |
the scientific strategy of breaking a system down into incresingly smaller parts in order to understand it |
| dualism |
the notion, promoted by Descartes, that the mind is subject only to spirtual interactions, while the body is subject only to material interactions |
| phrenology |
the belief that bumps on the skulll reflect enlargements of brain regions responsible for certain behavioral faculties |
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