Biological Bases of Behavior (PSY, BIO)
- The nervous system
- Neurons (e.g., the reflex arc)
- Neurotransmitters
- Structure and function of the peripheral nervous system
- Structure and function of the central nervous system
- The brain
- Forebrain
- Midbrain
- Hindbrain
- Lateralization of cortical functions
- Methods used in studying the brain
- The spinal cord
- Neuronal communication and its influence on behavior (PSY)
- Influence of neurotransmitters on behavior (PSY)
- The endocrine system
- Components of the endocrine system
- Effects of the endocrine system on behavior
- Behavioral genetics
- Genes, temperament, and heredity
- Adaptive value of traits and behaviors
- Interaction between heredity and environmental influences
- Influence of genetic and environmental factors on the development of behaviors
- Experience and behavior (PSY)
- Regulatory genes and behavior (BIO)
- Genetically based behavioral variation in natural populations
- Human physiological development (PSY)
- Prenatal development
- Motor development
- Developmental changes in adolescence
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- Ch. 1, pp. 8-9
- Ch. 2, pp. 37-78
- Ch. 4, pp. 115-160
- Ch. 9, pp. 336-337, 41-343
- Ch. 14, pp. 483, 495-496
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Personality (PSY)
- Theories of personality
- Psychoanalytic perspective
- Humanistic perspective
- Trait perspective
- Social cognitive perspective
- Biological perspective
- Behaviorist perspective
- Situational approach to explaining behavior
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Psychological Disorders (PSY)
- Understanding psychological disorders
- Biomedical vs. biopsychosocial approaches
- Classifying psychological disorders
- Rates of psychological disorders
- Types of psychological disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Trauma- and stressor-related disorders
- Somatic symptom and related disorders
- Bipolar and related disorders
- Depressive disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Dissociative disorders
- Personality disorders
- Biological bases of nervous system disorders (PSY, BIO)
- Schizophrenia
- Depression
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Parkinson’s disease
- Stem cell-based therapy to regenerate neurons in the central nervous system (BIO)
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- Ch. 8, Constructing Difference: Social Deviance, pp. 236-241 (“The medicalization of deviance”)
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- Ch. 2, pp. 44, 64
- Ch. 8, p. 279
- Ch. 14, pp. 493-534
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Motivation (PSY)
- Factors that influence motivation
- Instinct
- Arousal
- Drives (e.g.,negative-feedback systems) (PSY, BIO)
- Needs
- Theories that explain how motivation affects human behavior
- Drive reduction theory
- Incentive theory
- Other theories (e.g., cognitive, need-based)
- Biological and sociocultural motivators that regulate behavior (e.g., hunger, sex drive, substance addiction)
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- Ch. 3, pp. 101-102
- Ch. 5, pp. 165-187
- Ch. 10, pp. 348-367
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Attitudes (PSY)
- Components of attitudes (i.e., cognitive, affective, behavioral)
- The link between attitudes and behavior
- Processes by which behavior influences attitudes (e.g., foot-in-the door phenomenon, role-playing effects)
- Processes by which attitudes influence behavior
- Cognitive dissonance theory
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