5 Steps to a 5 AP Psychology 2019

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Biological Bases of Behavior

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Summary: As you read this page, lots of things are going through your mind.

Your mind is what your brain does, according to many psychologists. The

relationships of behavior, the mind, and the nervous system, especially the

brain, have become increasingly clear as improvements in technology have

enabled scientists to make better observations. In all areas of anatomy and

physiology, structure is related to function. Specialized structures throughout

your body enable regulatory function at all levels of organization from your

neurotransmitter molecules to your nervous and endocrine systems.

Neuropsychologists explore the relationships between brain/nervous systems

and behavior. Neuropsychologists are also called biological psychologists

or biopsychologists, behavioral geneticists, physiological psychologists, and

behavioral neuroscientists.

This chapter focuses on what we know about our nervous system and all of

its parts at different levels of organization, and the tools that have enabled us

to learn about them.

Key Ideas

✪   Techniques to learn about structure and function

✪   Nervous system organization

✪   Brain structure and function

✪   Neuron structure and function

✪   Endocrine system structure and function

✪   Evolution and behavior

✪   Genetics and behavior

KEY IDEA

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