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Biological Perspective

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http://www.sciencechannel.com/games-and-interactives/charles-darwin-game.htm

Background:

Charles Darwin lived from 1809 until 1882. He was a naturalist who formulated a theory that gave information about natural selection now known as the unifying theory of life sciences. The Theory of Natural Selection explained how organisms became adapted to their environments.

Contributions:

Darwin contributed a plethora of different theories and ideas to modern psychology. In the Origin of Species, Darwin wrote: “In the distant future I see open fields for more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by graduation.” Darwin also explained that “there was no difference in kind between man and animal only a difference in degree” On one hand, “survival of the fittest” could mean “of all the possible creatures that one might imagine, only the fittest possible creatures survive”; on the other, it could mean that the fittest possible creatures survive, but only that creatures that survive tend to be the fittest that happen to be around at any given moment.” He also contributed two theories to modern psychology; sexual selection and natural selection. These topics guide psychologists to answers in adaptation and survival.

http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/jane-goodall/videos/almost-human-chimps-human-tools.htm

watch until 1:14

Jane Goodall made gap between humans and chimpanzees smaller

The end...

jk, we still have citations!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jane Goodall

About Jane Goodall

Born April 3, 1934 in London, England. She had an early interest in animals and sketched animals that she saw. On a trip to Africa, Goodall met an anthropologist named Louis Leakey. He hired her as his secretary which opened up many more opportunities for her. In 1964-1997, Jane Goodall did research at the Gombe Reserve in Africa. She made many discoveries at Gombe because she was able to get close to and interact with the chimpanzees. Some of her discoveries include...

Charles Darwin

Discoveries

  • chimps have a social system
  • chimps have a language
  • chimps use tools
  • males are at the tope of the social and "caste system"
  • chimps eat meat and can be canibals
  • chimps can plan
  • chimps have expressions of awe
  • similar to the emotions that led to early human religions
  • chimp groups go to war
  • chimps can have twins

interactives

What is Biological Psychology?

What is it?

What It Helps Understand

Citations:

Cherry, Kendra. "Lesson Three: Brain and Behavior." Brain and Behavior. N.p., 2014.

Web. 29 Sept. 2014.

Encyclopedia Brittanica. (2014, April 1). Biological Psychology. Retrieved October 1,

2014, from

http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?sid=dc8d9cfe-3f80-4372-a98f-031891baa9a7@sessionmgr4005&vid=1&hid=4110&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU=#db=ers&AN=87324336

McLeod, S. A. (2007). Biological Psychology. Retrieved from

http://www.simplypsychology.org/biological-psychology.html

Jane Goodall. (2014). The Biography.com website. Retrieved 04:39, Sep 28, 2014, from

http://www.biography.com/people/jane-goodall-9542363.

Weiss, A. G. Jane Goodall. Retrieved from:

http://www2.webster.edu/~woolflm/janegoodall.html

Wyhe, J. (2002) Darwin Online Biography Retrieved from: http://darwin- online.org.uk/biography.html

Dunbar, R., Barrett, L. & Lycett, J. (2007) Darwin’s Impact on Psychology Retrieved from: http://darwin200.christs.cam.ac.uk/pages/index.php?page_id=e2

Marcus, G., Buss, D. (2008-2009) Evolutionary Theory and Psychology Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2009/05/sci-brief.aspx

  • What affects the nervous system including, heredity, metabolism, hormones, disease, drug ingestion, and diet.
  • The mind is one function of an human's body. The mind works separate but the activities are parallel.
  • It helps us understand the biological processes associated with specific thoughts or emotions.
  • The way we think under different environmental influences or pressures
  • The relationship between psychological and environmental events.
  • Including the mind and nervous systems in responding to the environment.
  • Neurons in the central and peripheral nervous system transmit information across the body. Also known as neurotransmitters.
  • “studying of the physical basis for the reception of internal and external stimuli” (Encyclopedia Britannica)

images, videos, and games

http://www.indiana.edu/~busey/Q301/BrainStructure.html

http://www.sciencechannel.com/games-and-interactives/charles-darwin-game.htm

http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/jane-goodall/videos/almost-human-chimps-human-tools.htm

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0_aBMgBo_k

Biological Perspective in relevance to psychology

  • Comparative method: is understanding that different species can be compared, and still help understand certain human behaviors.
  • Physiology: how hormones and nervous systems work along with the brain to help understand how it changes structure or normal functions and alter behavior. An example is, prescribing drugs to treat depression by altering the chemical makeup of their nervous system.
  • Investigation of Inheritance: what is acquired from their parent organism. For example knowing whether high intelligence is inherited.

How the Brain Effects Psychology

Parts of the Brain:

- Frontal Lobe: Controls speech and planning, houses the Motor cortex responsible for conscious movement.

-Parietal Lobe: Contains the Somatosensory cortex which controls taste and touch.

Occipital Lobe: Contains Visual Cortex.

Temporal Lobe: Language reception is controlled by this part of the brain.

Neurochemistry:

- Glutamate: The on switch of the brain, it tells the neurotransmitters to fire.

-GABA: Slows brain activity down.

-Serotonin: The level of Serotonin effects mood.

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