Introduction To Biopsychology PDF
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This document introduces Biopsychology. It explains different biological explanations of human behavior, including physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations.
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BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF BEHAVIOR Physiological Explanation: relates behavior to the activity of the brain and other organs. Ontogenetic Explanation: describes how a structure or behavior develops, including the influences of genes, nutrition, experiences, and their interactions. E...
BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF BEHAVIOR Physiological Explanation: relates behavior to the activity of the brain and other organs. Ontogenetic Explanation: describes how a structure or behavior develops, including the influences of genes, nutrition, experiences, and their interactions. Evolutionary Explanation: reconstructs the evolutionary history of a structure or behavior. Functional Explanation: describes why a structure or behavior evolved as it did.
