Biological Psychology Worksheet

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University of Phoenix Material Biological Psychology Worksheet Answer the following questions in short-essay format. Be prepared to discuss your answers. 1. What is biological psychology? Biological psychology is the study of life. The biological study of psychology by using the comparative method (McLeod, 2007). Comparative method is the comparison of animal and human behavior. Physiology is the study of nervous system and how the hormones work within the body. It is also the study to inherited genetics. 2. What is the historical development of biological psychology? The first experiment in the field of biology psychology was done in 1073; a Persian psychologist found that he was able to treat emotional problems by comparing the pulse rate and inner feelings. By looking at the rational thinking of biological psychology the levels of rational decisions decrease when the brain loses control over its function (Breedlove, Rosenzqeig and Watson, 2007). 3. Name one to three important theorists associated with biological psychology. ‘To start there was Bandura who was the founder of behavioral cognitive theory (Friedman and Kreibig, 2010). Second is Pavlov who used research dogs to base classical conditioning of the behaviorist theory (Friedman, 2010). And lastly is Sigmund Freud a Psychoanalysis theorist who made a behavior theory off of the ego, super ego and self-defense (Carlson, 2007). 4. Describe the relationship between biological psychology and other fields in psychology and neuroscience. The relationship between biological psychology and neuroscience as well as other fields of psychology, by putting them together we are able to come to a better concept of the process of the mental process. This allows researchers to study the perception, motivation, memory and rhythms of the brain (Breedlove, 2007).
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