PSYCH 575 Entire Course (UOP) PSYCH 575 Week 1 DQ 1  PSYCH 575 Week 1 Individual Assignment Biological Psychology Worksheet  PSYCH 575 Week 1 DQ 1  PSYCH 575 Week 1 DQ 2  PSYCH 575 Week 2 Individual Assignment Neuron Worksheet  PSYCH 575 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Outline and Reference List for Neurotransmitters Chart  What are the major underlying assumptions of physiological psychology? What effect do these assumptions have on psychology? PSYCH 575 guide teaching effectively

PSYCH 575 Week 1 DQ 2 PSYCH 575 Week 1 Individual Assignment  What are some techniques or research methods used to examine the link between the brain and behavior? What are some findings in biological psychology that can result or have resulted from these techniques or research methods?  1. What are the core assumptions of the biopsychological approach?  2. What historical disciplines converge to create biological psychology?  3. What are some of the earliest examples of a biological approach to studying behavior? PSYCH 575 guide teaching effectively

PSYCH 575 Week 2 DQ 1 PSYCH 575 Week 2 DQ 2  Select two glial cells. Describe their structure and functions in the nervous system.  In the brain, most excitatory communication in synapses occurs by way of glutamate and most inhibitory communication occurs by way of gamma- aminobutyric acid. In general terms, describe what the other neurotransmitters do. PSYCH 575 guide teaching effectively

PSYCH 575 Week 2 Individual PSYCH 575 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment  Part I: In the text boxes provided, identify the structures of a basic neuron.  Part II: In the space provided, explain the process a neuron undergoes when going from a  resting potential to an action potential to the release of its neurotransmitters.  Begin working on the Neurotransmitters Chart assignment.  Create an Outline of the Chart (what neurotransmitters that will be presented)  Determine who will be assigned to complete each section and indicate on the outline. PSYCH 575 guide teaching effectively

PSYCH 575 Week 3 DQ 1 PSYCH 575 Week 3 DQ 2  What are the five senses? What is the nature of sensation and perception, as they apply to the five senses? In your opinion, which is more important, sensation or perception?  Describe how vision, hearing, and motor control are affected in a person who suffers from a stroke. PSYCH 575 guide teaching effectively

PSYCH 575 Week 3 Individual Assignment PSYCH 575 Week 3 Learning Team  What neurological disorder, disease, or accident took place to interrupt this individual’s ability? What behaviors were exhibited by this individual following the disorder, disease, or accident? What were the individual’s deficits as a result of this disorder, disease, or accident?  Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Neurotransmitter Chart, located on the student website. PSYCH 575 guide teaching effectively

PSYCH 575 Week 4 DQ 1 PSYCH 575 Week 4 DQ 2  Explain the difference between positive emotions on memory and stressful or fearful emotions on memory. Why do positive life experiences last in long-term memory, while stressful or fearful life experiences are often lost or buried in people’s memories?  If we learn what we remember and remember what we learn, provide a neurological explanation—the best you can with current findings—of why people with Alzheimer’s disease forget what they have learned and may have known for decades. PSYCH 575 guide teaching effectively

PSYCH 575 Week 4 Learning Team PSYCH 575 Week 5 DQ 1  What specific region of Clive’s brain is damaged to result in this memory loss?  How do you explain Clive’s loss of memory for most things, despite his lasting memory for his wife and the piano?  If you were Clive, what memories would you miss the most?  What is psychopharmacology? What are some positive aspects related to psychopharmacology? What are some drawbacks? PSYCH 575 guide teaching effectively

PSYCH 575 Week 5 DQ 2 PSYCH 575 Week 5 Individual Assignment  Therapies have come a long way to help those with neurological, psychological, or neurodevelopmental disorders. Provide two cognitive and two pharmacological therapies you believe are the most promising and why. Identify what disorders they are designed to help.  Identify common symptoms associated with your disorder and rates of symptom reduction or management as reported with the three treatments. Based on your research, what would be your approach to treating the condition? Identify which treatments you would use. Explain why. PSYCH 575 guide teaching effectively

PSYCH 575 Week 6 DQ 1 PSYCH 575 Week 6 DQ 2  Do you believe that drug abuse is hereditary? Why or why not?Identify common symptoms associated with your disorder and rates of symptom reduction or management as reported with the three treatments. Based on your research, what would be your approach to treating the condition? Identify which treatments you would use.  Do you believe that drug abuse is hereditary? Why or why not? PSYCH 575 guide teaching effectively

PSYCH 575 Week 6 Learning Team Assignment  Identify your drug and define its primary use in our culture. Identify rates of use and populations affected by using this drug. Discuss the regions of the brain affected by this drug. How does this drug alter brain chemistry? How do high versus low doses of this drug compare in altering behavior, mood, and cognition? PSYCH 575 guide teaching effectively