PSYC 4130 exam 1| 68 questions| with complete solutions

What is biological psychology CORRECT ANSWERS: study of physical, evolutionary, and developmental underpinnings of behavior maintains focus on the brain, and how the brain governs behavior name the different approaches to explaining behavior CORRECT ANSWERS: physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional physiological approach to explaining behavior CORRECT ANSWERS: behavior related directly to physiology physical and chemical processes that occur in the body most fundamental approaches why blink? So eyes don't dry out Ontogenetic approach to explaining behavior CORRECT ANSWERS: describes how behavior develops over a lifetime genes/nutrition/experience/interactions btwn all factors Evolutionary approach to explaining behavior CORRECT ANSWERS: Reconstruct history of behavior by looking at other species to understand the purpose of behavior ask when and how Functional approach to explaining behavior CORRECT ANSWERS: look at function and try to determine adaptive value in terms of evolutionary fitness Ask about value, why was it allowed to propogate, and how it contributes to fitness Dualism CORRECT ANSWERS: belief that the mind is somehow distinct from the body if true, the mind is a material substance, located outside the body and the mind is an immaterial substance, located inside the body used to be accepted belief Monism CORRECT ANSWERS: Idea that the universe consists of only one type of being Materialist monism CORRECT ANSWERS: believe