Foundations in Psychology - Semester 1, Lecture 1

Flowchart nodes

• Sub-Disciplines: Psychobiology

• Physiological Psychology - The neural mechanisms of behaviour by direct manipulation of the nervous systems - Methodology: experimental - direct manipulation

• Behaviour Genetics - The generic basis of behaviour - Methodology: experimental & non-experimental, animal & human

• Comparative Psychology - The evolution & adaptiveness of behaviour - Methodology: compare species experimental/ethological, animals

• Cognitive/Social Neuroscience - The neural basis of cognition - Methodology: experimental, indirect manipulation, predominantly human but also animal

• Neuropsychology - The psychological consequences of brain damage - Methodology: case study & quasi/experimental methods, assessment of function & brain imaging, predominantly humans

• Psychopharmacology - Behaviour & the neural basis of behaviour by explaining the effects of drugs - Methodology: experimental, direct manipulation, clinical & pre-clinical, humans & animals

• Psychophysiology - The relation between physiological activity & psychological processes - Methodology: experimental, indirect manipulation, non-invasive, humans & animals