Biopsychology Chapter 1

experimental, causation, conditions

_____ research allows researchers to determine ________ and has two or more ______

biopsychology, behavior, biological, 65, produce, control

______ is the scientific study of the biology of _________, it is the ______ approach to the study of psychology, it is a young field (about ___ years old), brings to their research a knowledge of behavior and the methods of behavioral research, the ultimate purpose of neuroscience is to _____ and _______ behavior

korsakoff's syndrome, alcoholics, memory loss, alcohol, thiamine

_________ is a neuropsychological disorder that is common in __________ and whose primary symptom is severe ____________ and was initially that to be a direct consequence of the toxic effects of _______ on the brain but was actually caused by a ______ deficiency being associated with brain damage

applied research

___________ is research that is intended to bring about some direct benefit to humankind

converging operations, Korsakoff's syndrome

___________ is when different divisions of biopsychology come together, often study the same problem to offer better understanding of the whole picture and this was shown through the study of ___________

pure research

____________ is research motivated primarily by the curiosity of the researcher and done solely for the purpose of acquiring knowledge

quasi-experimental studies

______________ are studies of groups of subjects who have been exposed to the conditions of interest in the real world; such studies have the appearance of experiments but are not true experiments because potential confounded variables have not been controlled

case studies

______________ are studies that focus on a single case or subject

within subjects

a ______ design tests the same group of subjects under each condition

between subjects

a ___________ design has a different group of subjects that are tested under each condition

confounded variable

a ______________ is an unintended difference between the conditions of an experiment that could have affected the dependent variable

dependent variable

a ______________ is the variable that is measured, is used to assess the effect of the manipulated variable

independent variable

a _______________ is the variable that is manipulated, and the difference between experimental conditions that is arranged by the experimenter

Jimmy G.

case of __________ from "The Lost Mariner" and case from "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks

neuropsychology

division of biopsychology that investigates psychological effects of brain damage in humans, is almost always applied research, are non experimental studies, and an example is Sacks' study of Jimmy G.

cognitive neuroscience

division of biopsychology that investigates the neural bases of cognition, generally uses noninvasive procedures, almost always uses human subjects, research is often interdisciplinary and an example is PET scans of male and female participants solving math problems

psychophysiology

division of biopsychology that investigates the relation between physiological activity and psychological processes in humans, can be pure or applied research, is mainly correlational research, and generally uses noninvasive procedures and an example is Ramchandran's study of Capgras syndrome using a patients GSR compared to control, i.e. David seeing pictures of his parents and not having any physical response

physiological psychology

division of biopsychology that involves studies that directly manipulate the brain, usually through surgical, electrical and chemical means to see the effects on behavior, subjects are usually animals, is often pure research and examples include the study of effects of dopamine infusions into the ventral segmental area of the midbrain in rats

psychopharmacology

division of biopsychology that involves studies that investigate the effects of drugs on brain and behavior, subjects can be animals or humans, often applied research and examples include studying the effects of newly developed drugs on several different species to determine toxicity and behavioral profile

comparative psychology

division of biopsychology that studies general biology of behavior (as opposed to neural mechanisms), compares behavior of different species, focuses on evolution, genetics and adaptiveness, almost always uses animal subjects and an example is comparing tool use of orangutans, chimpanzees and humans

humans, humans

subjects of biopsychological research includes ______ and non_______

neuroscience

the scientific study of the nervous system, is composed of many different disciplines including biopsychology