Biopsychology

by Pinel, John P.J.

• ISBN13: 9780205548927
• ISBN10: 020554892X
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780205426515, 9780205593880, 9780205595907
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

Biopsychologyclearly presents the fundamentals of the study of the biology of behavior and makes the topics personally and socially relevant to the student. The defining feature ofBiopsychologyis its unique combination of biopsychological science and personal, reader-oriented discourse. It is a textbook that is "untextbooklike." Rather than introducing biopsychology in the usual textbook fashion, it interweaves the fundamentals of the field with clinical case studies, social issues, personal implications, and humorous anecdotes. It tries to be a friendly mentor that speaks directly to the reader, enthusiastically relating recent advances in biopsychological science.

Table of Contents

Detailed

Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What is Biopsychology Anyway?

The Case of Jimmie G., the Man Frozen in Time

Four Major Themes of This Book

Thinking Clearly

About Biopsychology Clinical Implications

The Evolutionary Perspective Neuroplasticity

What is Biopsychology?

What is the Relation between Biopsychology and the Other Disciplines of Neuroscience?

What Types of Research Characterize the Biopsychology Approach?

Human and Nonhuman Subjects Experiments and Nonexperiments Quasiexperimental Studies

Pure and Applied Research

What are the Divisions of Biopsychology?

Physiological Psychology

Psychopharmacology Neuropsychology

The Case of Mr. R., the Brain-Damaged StudentWho Switched to Architecture Psychophysiology Cognitive

Neuroscience Comparative Psychology

Converging Operations

How Do Biopsychologists Work Together?

Scientific Inference

How Do Biopsychologists Study the Unobservable Workings of the Brian?

Critical Thinking about Biopsychological Claims

Case 1: Jose and the Bull

Case 2: Becky, Moniz, and Prefrontal Lobotomy

Evolution, Genetics, and Experience

Thinking about the Biology of behavior

Thinking about the Biology of behavior

From Dichotomies to Relations and Interactions Is It Physiological, or Is It Psychological?

Is It Inherited, or Is It Learned?

Problems with Thinking about the Biology of Behavior in Terms of Traditional

Dichotomies A Model of the Biology of behavior

Human Evolution

Evolution and behavior

Course of Human Evolution

Thinking about Human Evolution

Evolution of the Human Brain Evolutionary Psychology

Understanding Mate Bonding

Thinking about Evolutionary Psychology

Fundamental Genetics Mendelian Genetics Chromosomes

Reproduction, Linkage, and Recombination Chromosome

Structure and Replication Sex Chromosomes and Sex-Linked Traits

The Genetic Code and Gene Expression Mitochondrial DNA Modern Genetics

Behavioral Development

The Interaction of Genetic Factors and Experience

Selective Breeding of "Maze-Bright" and "Maze-Dull"

Rats Phenylketonuria

A Single-Gene Metabolic Disorder

Development of Birdsong

The Genetics of Human Psychological Differences

Development of Individuals versus

Development of Differences among Individuals

Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart

The Anatomy of the Nervous System

The System, Structures, and Cells

That Make Up Your Nervous System

General Layout of the Nervous System

Division of the Nervous System Meninges, Ventricles, and Cerebrospinal

Fluid Blood-Brain Barrier

Cells of the Nervous System

Anatomy of Neurons Glial Cells

The Forgotten Majority

Neuroanatomical Techniques and Directions

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