1. Introduction

Question 1

What is physiological psychology a discipline of?

Answer 1

Psychobiology

Question 2

What is psychobiology?

Answer 2

Science that studies the biological bases of behaviour

Question 3

psychobiology =

Answer 3

biopsychology
behavioural biology
behavioural neuroscience

Question 4

What is the object of psychobiology?

Answer 4

• Structures implicated in behaviour

- Processes that initiate behaviour (regulation? Purpose (adaptive value)? Evolution?)

Question 5

Explain the typical methodology.

Answer 5

• the scientific method: hypotheses contrasted by experiments.
• causal strategy to interpret results: the observed changes in behaviour are caused by changes in the SN.
• experimental discipline: directly manipulates brain activity
• IV = physiology, DV = behaviour
• animal models as experimental subjects

Question 6

Why are animals mostly tested on?

Answer 6

manipulation of the organic IV (excludes use of human subjects due to ethics)

Question 7

What is the FOCUS of psychobiology?

Answer 7

normal behaviour 
(interest in disorders only to help us understand aspects of normal behaviour)

Question 8

Name 5 related disciplines of psychobiology

Answer 8

• Psychopharmacology
• Neuropsychology
• Physiological Psychology
• Comparative Psychology
• Cognitive Neuroscience