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BIOPSYCHOLOGY--PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY--NEUROSCIENCE
THERE ARE TWO KEY BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION TRANSPORT SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
BASIC POINT MADE IN NEUROSCIENCE:
NERVOUS SYSTEM
GENERAL POINTS ABOUT THE BRAIN
BILLIONS, EACH POTENTIALLY CONNECTED TO THOUSANDS OF OTHERS
TREMENDOUS FLEXIBILITY, RECUPERATIVE POWER, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG
TOOLS --BRAIN DAMAGE,LESIONS, ELECTRIC STIM,
BRAINSTEM -- ATOP THE SPINAL CORD
STRUCTURES AROUND THE BRAINSTEM
LIMBIC SYSTEM
CEREBRAL CORTEX -- 80%--FOLDS AND CONVOLUTIONS
SENSORY AND MOTOR CORTEX --TOPOGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION
LANGUAGE DEFICITS = APHASIAS--
CEREBRAL LATERALIZATION
BRAIN DAMAGE CASES
10% LEFTIES
NOTE:
MOTIVATION
ABRAHAM MASLOW -- HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
DEFENSIVE ENRICHMENT
DEFENSE AGAINST THREAT:
TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY
GROWTH/ENRICHMENT
THE INTERPLAY OF SECURITY AND ENRICHMENT
SEXUAL ORIENTATION--
RATS --SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC NUCLEUS BIG IN MALE RATS, SMALL IN FEMALE--
GENETIC COMPONENT--TWIN STUDIES
EMOTION:
EMOTIONS:
EVIDENCE FOR INNATE EMOTIONS:
2) INFANTS QUICKLY SHOW FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND OTHER BEHAVIORAL INDICATORS OF EMOTION!
4) LIKELY GENETIC COMPONENT TO ANGER-PRONENESS AND FEARFULNESS -- TWIN STUDIES
EMOTIONS AND HEALTH
HAPPINESS --
SO THINKING AFFECTS EMOTION, BUT SO DOES PHYSIOLOGY
SCHACHTER=S THEORY OF EMOTIONS
NISBETT & SCHACHTER-- REVERSE PLACEBO EFFECTS
DUTTON & ARON:
BUT IS ALL AROUSAL THE SAME?
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