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PSYCH 575 Entire Course (UO

P)
PSYCH 575 Week 1 Individual Assignment Biological Psy
chology Worksheet
PSYCH 575 Week 1 DQ 1
PSYCH 575 Week 1 DQ 2
PSYCH 575 Week 2 Individual Assignment Neuron Work
sheet
PSYCH 575 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Outline
and Reference List for Neurotransmitters Chart
PSYCH 575 Week 2 DQ 1
PSYCH 575 Week 2 DQ 2
PSYCH 575 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Neurotra
nsmitters Chart

PSYCH 575 Week 1 DQ 1

What are the major underlying assumptions of physiolo
gical psychology? What effect do these assumptions hav
e on psychology?

PSYCH 575 Week 1 DQ 2

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 resu
lt or have resulted from these techniques or research m
ethods?

PSYCH 575 Week 1 Individual

Assignment Biological Psych
ology Worksheet

Answer the following questions with 50-to 100-word res

ponses. Prepare to discuss your answers.
1. What are the core assumptions of the biopsychologic
al approach?
2. What historical disciplines converge to create biologic
al psychology?
3. What are some of the earliest examples of a biologica
l approach to studying behavior?
4. What are some examples of modern careers that hav
e resulted from studying biological psychology? Include
an overview of the careers.
5. How is biological psychology viewed by other professi
onals in psychology today?

PSYCH 575 Week 2 DQ 1

Select two glial cells. Describe their structure and functi
ons in the nervous system.

PSYCH 575 Week 2 DQ 2

In the brain, most excitatory communication in synapse
s occurs by way of glutamate and most inhibitory comm
unication occurs by way of gamma-aminobutyric acid. I
n general terms, describe what the other neurotransmit
ters do.

PSYCH 575 Week 2 Individual

Assignment Neuron Workshe
et

Part I: In the text boxes provided, identify the structures

of a basic neuron.
Part II: In the space provided, explain the process a neu
ron undergoes when going from a
resting potential to an action potential to the release of
its neurotransmitters.

PSYCH 575 Week 2 Learning T

eam Assignment Outline and
Reference

Begin working on the Neurotransmitters Chart assignm

ent.
Create an Outline of the Chart (what neurotransmitters
that will be presented)
Determine who will be assigned to complete each sectio
n and indicate on the outline.
Attach the Reference List in APA formatting.

PSYCH 575 Week 3 DQ 1

What are the five senses? What is the nature of sensatio
n and perception, as they apply to the five senses? In yo
ur opinion, which is more important, sensation or perce
ption?

PSYCH 575 Week 3 DQ 2

Describe how vision, hearing, and motor control are aff
ected in a person who suffers from a stroke

PSYCH 575 Week 3 Individual

Assignment Historical Case S
tudy

Select a well documented historical case study of an ind

ividual who experienced a neurological disorder, diseas
e, or accident that resulted in an interruption in his or h
er vision, hearing, or motor control.
Prepare a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft Power Point prese
ntation addressing the following questions:
What neurological disorder, disease, or accident took pl
ace to interrupt this individuals ability? What behaviors
were exhibited by this individual following the disorder,
disease, or accident? What were the individuals deficits
as a result of this disorder, disease, or accident?

PSYCH 575 Week 3 Learning T

eam Assignment Neurotrans
mitters Chart

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Neurotran

smitter Chart, located on the student website

PSYCH 575 Week 4 DQ 1

Explain the difference between positive emotions on m
emory and stressful or fearful emotions on memory. W
hy do positive life experiences last in long-term memory
, while stressful or fearful life experiences are often lost
or buried in peoples memories?

PSYCH 575 Week 4 DQ 2

If we learn what we remember and remember what we
learn, provide a neurological explanationthe best you
can with current findingsof why people with Alzheime
rs disease forget what they have learned and may have
known for decades.

PSYCH 575 Week 4 Learning T

eam Assignment The Man Wi
thout a Memory Paper

Open an Internet search engine.

Search for and view the following videoMan without
a Memory- Clive Wearing.
Address, in a 350- to 700-word paper, the following que
stions with your Learning Team:
How would you define the relationship between learnin
g something and remembering it?
What specific region of Clives brain is damaged to resul
t in this memory loss?
How do you explain Clives loss of memory for most thi
ngs, despite his lasting memory for his wife and the pia
no?
If you were Clive, what memories would you miss the
most?

PSYCH 575 Week 5 DQ 1

What is psychopharmacology? What are some positive a
spects related to psychopharmacology? What are some
drawbacks?

PSYCH 575 Week 5 DQ 2

Therapies have come a long way to help those with neu
rological, psychological, or neuro developmental disord
ers. Provide two cognitive and two pharmacological ther
apies you believe are the most promising and why. Iden
tify what disorders they are designed to help.

PSYCH 575 Week 5 Individual

Assignment Disorder Paper
Select a neurological, psychological, or neurodevelopme
ntal disorder.
Write a 2,450- to 3,500-word paper comparing and cont
rasting three therapeutic interventions used to treat thi
s disorder. Compare measures of effectiveness, such as
validity, efficacy, symptom and behavior management,
and recidivism. One therapy should be cognitive in natu
re, one should be pharmacological in nature, and the th
ird should be an alternative therapeutic treatment.
Identify common symptoms associated with your disor
der and rates of symptom reduction or management as
reported with the three treatments. Based on your rese
arch, what would be your approach to treating the cond
ition? Identify which treatments you would use. Explain

PSYCH 575 Week 6 DQ 1

How does the use of alcohol affect pregnancy? What kin
ds of long-term behavioral effects can result from fetal
alcohol syndrome?
Do you believe that drug abuse is hereditary? Why or w
hy not?

PSYCH 575 Week 6 DQ 2

Do you believe that drug abuse is hereditary? Why or w
hy not?

PSYCH 575 Week 6 Learning T

eam Assignment Effect of Dr
ug Use Presentation

Select one brain-altering druga street drug, a prescrip

tion drug, or a legal drug, such as alcohol or tobacco.
Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft PowerPoint prese
ntation in which you address the following:
Identify your drug and define its primary use in our cul
ture. Identify rates of use and populations affected by u
sing this drug. Discuss the regions of the brain affected
by this drug. How does this drug alter brain chemistry?

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