INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL Caroline Olko Nassau Community College
Biopsychology 8/e
John P.J. Pinel University of British Columbia
Table of Contents
___________________________________________ Chapter 1
Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway?
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Chapter 2
Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
12
Chapter 3
Anatomy of the Nervous System: Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up Your Nervous System
23
Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Receive and Send Signals
30
The Research Methods of Biopsychology: Understanding What Biopsychologists Do
40
Chapter 6
The Visual System: How We See
52
Chapter 7
Mechanisms of Perception: Hearing, Touch, Smell, Taste, and Attention: How You Know the World
63
Chapter 8
The Sensorimotor System: How You Move
72
Chapter 9
Development of the Nervous System: From Fertilized Egg to You
82
Chapter 10
Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity: Can the Brain Recover from Damage?
91
Chapter 11
Learning, Memory, and Amnesia: How Your Brain Stores Information
102
Chapter 12
Hunger, Eating, and Health: Why Do Many People Eat Too Much?
113
Chapter 13
Hormones and Sex: What’s Wrong with the Mamawawa?
123
Chapter 14
Sleep, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythms: How Much Do You Need to Sleep?
134
Chapter 15
Drug Addiction and the Brain’s Reward Circuits: Chemicals That Harm with Pleasure
145
Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain: The Left Brain and the Right Brain of Language
158
Chapter 17
Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress, and Health: Fear, the Dark Side of Emotion
172
Chapter 18
Biopsychology of Psychiatric Disorders: The Brain Unhinged
183
Chapter 4 Chapter 5
Chapter 16
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Chapter 1 Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway? Chapter-at-a-Glance BRIEF OUTLINE 1.1 A Personal Introduction (pp. 1–2) 1.2 Course Organization (pp. 2–3)
INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL RESOURCES
TEST BANK
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
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MC 6–12; FI 1 MC 13–16; FI 2; ES 1 MC 17–33; FI 3–6; ES 2–3 MC 34–48; FI 7–12; ES 4–5 MC 49–51; FI 13– 15; ES 6 MC 52–56
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1.3 The Four Major Themes of This Book (p. 3) 1.4 What Is Biopsychology? (pp. 3–4) 1.5 Biopsychology as a Discipline of Neuroscience (p. 4) 1.6 The Diversity of Biopsychological Research (pp. 4–8) 1.7 The Six Divisions of Biopsychology (pp. 8– 12) 1.8 Converging Operations: How Do Biopsychologists Work Together? (pp. 12–13) 1.9 Scientific Inference: How Biopsychologists Study the Unobservable (pp. 13–14) 1.10 Critical Thinking in Biopsychology: Two Examples of B.S. (Bad Science) (pp. 14–17) 1.11 End-of-Chapter Discussion
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MC 57–61; FI 16– 19; ES 7
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Chapter 1 Biopsychology as a Neuroscience Brief Chapter Outline 1. A Personal Introduction a. Training and Teaching Experience b. Research Experience c. Teaching Assistant d. Availability of Instructor and Teaching Assistant 2. Course Organization a. Who Is the Course For? b. Text and Ancillary Materials c. Lecture Format d. Examination Format e. Major Assignments and Due Dates f. Special Learning or Examination Requirements g. Missed Examinations/Assignments Policy h. Final Grades Lecture Launcher 1.1: First Impressions of Biopsychology 3. The Four Major Themes of This Book a. Thinking Creatively b. Clinical Implications c. The Evolutionary Perspective d. Neuroplasticity 4. What Is Biopsychology? a. Study of Biological Bases of Behavior b. Characterized by an Eclectic Approach Lecture Launcher 1.2: Biopsychology Research—More than White Rats and Lab Coats 5. Biopsychology as a Discipline of Neuroscience a. What Is Neuroscience? b. Biopsychology as a Part of Neuroscience Lecture Launcher 1.3: Ethical Issues in Animal and Human Research
6. The Diversity of Biopsychological Research a. Human and Nonhuman Subjects b. Experiments and Nonexperiments c. Pure and Applied Research 7. The Six Divisions of Biopsychology a. Physiological Psychology b. Psychopharmacology c. Neuropsychology d. Cognitive Neuroscience e. Psychophysiology f. Comparative Psychology Lecture Launcher 1.4: Neuropsychology’s Case Studies versus Physiological Psychology’s Experiments 8. Converging Operations: How Do Biopsychologists Work Together? Lecture Launcher 1.5: Studying Brain and Behavior from All Sides 9. Scientific Inference: How Biopsychologists Study the Unobservable Activity 1.1: Making Sense of Eye Movements (use the Perception of Motion module from the Beyond Brain and Behavior CD) 10. Critical Thinking in Biopsychology: Two Examples of B.S. (Bad Science) a. Taming a Charging Bull with Caudate Stimulation b. Prefrontal Lobotomy Lecture Launcher 1.6: Chimpanzees and Mental Illness 11. End-of-Chapter Discussion a. What Was Wrong with Delgado’s claims? b. What Was Wrong with Moniz’s claims?
Integrated Teaching Outline 1. A Personal Introduction Lend the course a personal perspective a. Training and Teaching Experience • How I first became interested in biopsychology (personal anecdotes) • Undergraduate training • Graduate training 2 .
Biopsychology, 8th Edition • •
Postgraduate experience Other courses that I am currently teaching
b. Research Experience • Thesis research • Past research • Current research interests (encourage students to speak with me about my work) The following information should also be included in the syllabus: c. Teaching Assistant (if possible, have the teaching assistant speak about himself/herself) Training; current research interests d. Availability of Instructor and Teaching Assistant • Office hours and location • Phone numbers/E-mail addresses/Web pages
2. Course Organization a. Who Is the Course For? Describe any prerequisites for the course (e.g., Introductory Psychology, Introductory Biology). b. Text and Ancillary Materials (bring these to class so the students can see them) • BIOPSYCHOLOGY, 7th Edition, by John P.J. Pinel • STUDY GUIDE for BIOPSYCHOLOGY, 6th Edition, by Michael J. Mana • BEYOND THE BRAIN and BEHAVIOR CD-ROM to accompany BIOPSYCHOLOGY, 7th Edition • Any other assigned reading materials • Note use of other pedagogical tools, such as a Blackboard site for the course c. Lecture Format • Relation of lectures to text • Note if questions or comments are encouraged at any point in your lectures • If lecture notes are provided, note how they can be accessed d. Examination Format • Examination dates • General format of exams (multiple choice, short answer, essay, and/or figure identification) • Nature of final exam (Is it comprehensive or for the last block of material?) • What to do if you think your examination has been graded incorrectly e. Major Assignments and Due Dates What are they? When are they due? f. Special Learning or Examination Requirements Provide information about your institution’s learning resource center. g. Missed Examinations/Assignments Policy 3 .