Biological Psychology

• The activities of neurons and glia somehow produce an enormous wealth of behavior and experience
• Biological psychology


  Study of the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience
• Neuroscience


  Includes much of the same content as biological psychology but with more emphasis on chemistry and anatomy
• Neurons


  Cells that transmit information in the brain
• Biological psychology


  Emphasizes that the goal of this field is to relate biology to issues of psychology
• Glia cells


  Cells that support and protect neurons
• Biological psychology


  The study of the relationship between biological processes and psychological functions
• Functional brain imaging techniques

  Noninvasive techniques used in cognitive neuroscience to observe the brain in action
• Cognitive neuroscience


  A division of biopsychology that focuses on the neural bases of cognitive processes like learning and memory, attention, and complex perceptual processes
• PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY ● studies the neural mechanisms of behavior through the direct manipulation of the brain in controlled experiments surgical and electrical methods of brain manipulation are most common
• PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY ● Is similar to physiological psychology, except that it focuses on the manipulation of neural activity

  and behavior with drugs.
• NEUROPSYCHOLOGY ● The study of the psychological effects of brain damage in human patients.
• PHYSIOPSYCHOLOGY

  ● The division of biopsychology that studies the relation between physiological activity and psychological processes in human subjects.
• COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE ● newest division of biopsychology that focuses on the neural bases of cognitive processes like learning and memory, attention, and complex perceptual processes. ● often employs human subjects; key methods are noninvasive, functional brain imaging techniques ● often involves collaborations between researchers with widely different backgrounds (e.g., psychology, linguistics, computer science)
• COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY ● study of evolutionary and genetic factors in behavior. ● features comparative and functional approaches ● features laboratory research as well as studies of animals in their natural environments (ethology)