Psychology in Your Life. Chapter 2 The Role of Biology in Psychology.
2.1 How Do Our Nervous Systems Affect Thinking and Behavior?.
2.1 How Do Our Nervous Systems Affect Thinking and Behavior? (1).
2.1 How Do Our Nervous Systems Affect Thinking and Behavior? (2).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.2 The Nervous System. 2.1 How Do Our Nervous Systems Affect Thinking and Behavior? (3).
Neurons Are the Basic Units of Our Nervous Systems (1).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.3 Human Nerve Cell. Neurons Are the Basic Units of Our Nervous Systems (2).
Neurons Are the Basic Units of Our Nervous Systems (3).
Neurons Are the Basic Units of Our Nervous Systems (4).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.4 Neuron Structure. Neurons Are the Basic Units of Our Nervous Systems (5).
Neurons Are the Basic Units of Our Nervous Systems (6).
Neurons Are the Basic Units of Our Nervous Systems (7).
Action Potentials Allow Neurons to Communicate With Each Other (1).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.5 Three Steps of Neural Communication.
Action Potentials Allow Neurons to Communicate With Each Other (3).
Action Potentials Allow Neurons to Communicate With Each Other (4).
Action Potentials Allow Neurons to Communicate With Each Other (5).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.6 Neurotransmitters Move Across the Synapse.
Action Potentials Allow Neurons to Communicate With Each Other (7).
Neurotransmitters Influence Our Mental Activity and Behavior (1).
[Audio] TABLE 2.1 Common Neurotransmitters and Their Major Functions.
Neurotransmitters Influence Our Mental Activity and Behavior (3).
Neurotransmitters Influence Our Mental Activity and Behavior (4).
Neurotransmitters Influence Our Mental Activity and Behavior (5).
2.2 How Do the Parts of Our Brains Function?. To truly understand how we see, hear, remember, interact with others, and sometimes experience psychological disorders, we need to understand the main structures of the brain.
Understanding of Our Brains Has Developed Over Time (1).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.9 Phrenology and the Psychograph.
[Audio] FIGURE 2.10 Broca's Area. Understanding of Our Brains Has Developed Over Time (3).
Understanding of Our Brains Has Developed Over Time (4).
Understanding of Our Brains Has Developed Over Time (5).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.11 Measures of Brain Activity. Understanding of Our Brains Has Developed Over Time (6).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.12 Three Main Brain Divisions. Understanding of Our Brains Has Developed Over Time (7).
The Hindbrain and Midbrain House Basic Programs for Our Survival (1).
The Hindbrain and Midbrain House Basic Programs for Our Survival (2).
The Hindbrain and Midbrain House Basic Programs for Our Survival (3).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.13 The Hindbrain and the Midbrain.
Forebrain Subcortical Structures Control Our Motivations and Emotions (1).
Forebrain Subcortical Structures Control Our Motivations and Emotions (2).
Forebrain Subcortical Structures Control Our Motivations and Emotions (3).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.14 The Forebrain. Forebrain Subcortical Structures Control Our Motivations and Emotions (4).
Forebrain Subcortical Structures Control Our Motivations and Emotions (5).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.15 Lobes and Processing Centers of the Cerebral Cortex.
The Cerebral Cortex of the Forebrain Processes Our Complex Mental Activity (1).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.16 The Corpus Callosum. The Cerebral Cortex of the Forebrain Processes Our Complex Mental Activity (2).
The Cerebral Cortex of the Forebrain Processes Our Complex Mental Activity (3).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.17 The Primary Somatosensory and Motor "Homunculus".
[Audio] FIGURE 2.18 Mapping the Somatosensory Homunculus.
The Cerebral Cortex of the Forebrain Processes Our Complex Mental Activity (6).
The Cerebral Cortex of the Forebrain Processes Our Complex Mental Activity (7).
[Audio] FIGURE 2.20 Phineas Gage. The Cerebral Cortex of the Forebrain Processes Our Complex Mental Activity (8).