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BehavNeuro1
Terms for the 1st exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Neuroscience | The study of the brain and its components |
| Physiological Explanation for Behavior | relates behav. to activity in the brain |
| Ontogenic Explanation for Behavior | relates behav. to development of a structure |
| Evolutionary Explanation for Behavior | relates behav. to evolutionary history |
| Dualism | Mind and body are separate entities (Descartes) |
| Descartes believed mind & body were linked by... | the pineal gland! |
| Monism | Universe consists of one kind of existence |
| Materialism (Monism) | everything existing is material; just mental events dont exist |
| Mentalism (Monism) | only mind exists; other things dont exist |
| Identity (Monism) | mental process same as brain process but described differently |
| Johannes Muller | Experimental Methodology (ectomies/ablation) |
| "doctrine of specific nerve energies" | Muller |