AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY

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Define:Neurobiological Approach
A
explains behavior in terms of environmental determinants
B
looks to our thoughts to explain behavior
C
explains behavior by brain chemistry and genetics
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Behavioral neurobiology: An interdisciplinary branch of behavioral neuroscience. Also referred to as biological psychology, biopsychology, psychobiology, or neuroethology. Researchers in this field study how the central nervous system translates biologically relevant stimuli into natural behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person’s cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology often focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brain affect cognitive and behavioral functions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Intellectual Basis: Neurobiology is concerned with uncovering the biological mechanisms by which nervous systems mediate behavior. Over the past half century, much of neurobiology has focused on the cells of the nervous system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abstract. Freud built his model of the mind and his hypotheses about dreaming directly on the structure of his neurobiological model of the brain, which was developed in the “Project for a Scientific Psychology", written in 1895.

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