Biological Psychology
Biological Psychology
Melissa Thompson
University of Phoenix
Biological Psychology When most hear the words biological/psychology, many tend to have trouble rapping their mind around it. Psychology is the study of behavior, so how does biology fit into this equation? Well we have to assume that our brain has influence or somehow effects are behavior. In order to prove or disprove this theory, we have to research the biology and psychology of both the brain and our behavior. So how do we do this, well first we have to understand the brain and how it functions, as humans we have roughly 100 billion nerve cells in the brain. This is an overwhelming amount to keep track of at one time but ever so important to researchers. Nerve cells in the brain can be a study guide because they have specific ways of acting or interacting when we expel certain behaviors. Of course researchers are still in the infancy stage of completely understanding or being able to identify every aspect of what are brain is doing when we expel certain behaviors. If Researchers could figure out the complications of the brain and behavior those complications cause, they will be able to make amazing discoveries, for the world of biopsychology. Such as curing diseases and understanding some of the most mysterious disorders. In the beginning, biological psychology started back as far as Avicenna, Avicenna was a Persian psychologist whose specialty was in treatment of illness caused by emotions, he also gave humans a way to link changes in a human’s pulse with their feelings. From there, biological psychology was incorporated in Descartes’ mind body approach to mental health and medicine. During the time of Descartes the big question remained are the mind and body connected? Do they work together with a soul or sprit? Or do they operate in a mechanical function with the body? Descartes focused his research on innate ideas, such as reflex action and mind and body
Melissa Thompson
University of Phoenix
Biological Psychology When most hear the words biological/psychology, many tend to have trouble rapping their mind around it. Psychology is the study of behavior, so how does biology fit into this equation? Well we have to assume that our brain has influence or somehow effects are behavior. In order to prove or disprove this theory, we have to research the biology and psychology of both the brain and our behavior. So how do we do this, well first we have to understand the brain and how it functions, as humans we have roughly 100 billion nerve cells in the brain. This is an overwhelming amount to keep track of at one time but ever so important to researchers. Nerve cells in the brain can be a study guide because they have specific ways of acting or interacting when we expel certain behaviors. Of course researchers are still in the infancy stage of completely understanding or being able to identify every aspect of what are brain is doing when we expel certain behaviors. If Researchers could figure out the complications of the brain and behavior those complications cause, they will be able to make amazing discoveries, for the world of biopsychology. Such as curing diseases and understanding some of the most mysterious disorders. In the beginning, biological psychology started back as far as Avicenna, Avicenna was a Persian psychologist whose specialty was in treatment of illness caused by emotions, he also gave humans a way to link changes in a human’s pulse with their feelings. From there, biological psychology was incorporated in Descartes’ mind body approach to mental health and medicine. During the time of Descartes the big question remained are the mind and body connected? Do they work together with a soul or sprit? Or do they operate in a mechanical function with the body? Descartes focused his research on innate ideas, such as reflex action and mind and body
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