Unit 3 biological bases of behavior
Here are the objectives for this unit, based on the College Board AP Psychology Course Description:
An effective introduction to the relationship between physiological processes and behavior--including the influence of neural function, the nervous system and the brain, and genetic contributions to behavior--is an important element in the AP course.
AP students in Psychology should be able to do the following:
An effective introduction to the relationship between physiological processes and behavior--including the influence of neural function, the nervous system and the brain, and genetic contributions to behavior--is an important element in the AP course.
AP students in Psychology should be able to do the following:
- Identify basic processes and systems in the biological bases of behavior, including parts of the neuron and the process of transmission of a signal between neurons.
- Discuss the influence of drugs on neurotransmitters (e.g. reuptake mechanisms, agonists, antagonists).
- Discuss the effect of the endocrine system on behavior.
- Describe the nervous system and its subdivisions and functions: central and peripheral nervous system; major brain regions, lobes, and cortical areas; and brain lateralization and hemispheric specialization.
- Discuss the role of neuroplasticity in traumatic brain injury.
- Recount historical and contemporary research strategies and technologies that support research (e.g. case studies, split-brain research, imaging techniques).
- Discuss psychology's abiding interest in how heredity, environment, and evolution work together to shape behavior.
- Predict how traits and behavior can be selected for their adaptive value.
- Identify key contributors (e.g. Paul Broca, Charles Darwin, Michael Gazzaniga, Roger Sperry, Carl Wernicke).
Neurotransmitters and Symp Parasymp Wksht-HOMEWORK TO BRING WED.pdf | |
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Good epigenetics article http://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/ptn/2013/02/genetics.aspx
Links to Neuron Videos/Simulations
PsychSim over the Neuron http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/MyersAP2e/#924621__934606__
Live Psych Simulations for Biological Bases of Behavior http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_wade_invtopsych_3/19/5088/1302731.cw/content/index.html
Action Potential Video http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/MyersAP2e/#924621__935604__
Links to Neuron Videos/Simulations
PsychSim over the Neuron http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/MyersAP2e/#924621__934606__
Live Psych Simulations for Biological Bases of Behavior http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_wade_invtopsych_3/19/5088/1302731.cw/content/index.html
Action Potential Video http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/MyersAP2e/#924621__935604__
Neurotransmitter Chart.pdf | |
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Neural Processes.pptx | |
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Parts of the Brain.pdf | |
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Brain Labeled.pdf | |
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Fun Interactive Websites over the Brain
http://www.today.com/id/37999099
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/3d/
http://www.traumaticbraininjuryatoz.org/Interactive-Brain
http://www.g2conline.org/2022
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/scanning/index.html (over Brain Scans!)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/assets/swf/1/mapping-the-brain/mapping-the-brain.html (shows scans of brain anatomy)
http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/split-brain/ (Split Brain Experiments)
https://apps.childrenshospital.org/clinical/animation/neuron/ (Neurons)
http://www.today.com/id/37999099
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/3d/
http://www.traumaticbraininjuryatoz.org/Interactive-Brain
http://www.g2conline.org/2022
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/scanning/index.html (over Brain Scans!)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/assets/swf/1/mapping-the-brain/mapping-the-brain.html (shows scans of brain anatomy)
http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/split-brain/ (Split Brain Experiments)
https://apps.childrenshospital.org/clinical/animation/neuron/ (Neurons)