Overview of biopsy

• Biological Psychology is the study of the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience.
• Biological Psychology relates biology to issues of psychology.
• The point of view of Biological Psychology is that we think and act like we do because of brain mechanism.
• Perception occurs in your brain.
• Mental activity is inseparable from brain activity.
• Be cautious about what is and is not an explanation.
• Replacement in animal research involves using computer or technology as substitutes.
• Zone-tailed hawks resemble vultures for both appearance and flight behavior to pick preys.
• Depression: Medlineplus genetics
• Legal and ethical restrictions prevent certain kinds of research on humans.
• Functional explanation explains the reason why the structure or behavior evolved as it did, and explains that something was advantageous and therefore favored by natural selection.
• Abolitionists wish to eliminate all animal research regardless of animal treatment or research value, and stand that all animals have same rights as humans.
• Evolutionary explanation reconstructs the evolutionary structure or behavior, talks about modifications of animal features from ancestral species, and calls attention to behavioral similarities among related species.
• Refinement in animal research involves modifications to reduce pain and discomfort.
• Reduction in animal research involves using fewer number of animals.
• Humans’ natural curiosity for animals is a reason why we study animals.
• Minimalists tolerate certain animal research, with limitations or prohibitions depending on the value of research, amount of distress to animals, and type of animals.
• Underlying behavioral mechanisms are similar across species and easier to study.
• Learning about animals sheds light on human evolution.