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Some cells of the body, shown in association with a blood vessel (the latter
Figure 1.2
is also composed of cells but for simplicity these are not indicated)
Source: Open University Course SDK125 Book 2 Figure 4.1b

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Homeostasis: (a) body temperature, (b) body fluids. The minus sign indicates
Figure 1.3
that behaviour corrects the initial deviation that triggers behaviour, e.g. drinking
corrects the loss of body fluids
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Testing for the effects of brain damage: (a) intact control reacts to event S1
Figure 1.4

with behaviour R1; (b) brain-damaged subject reacts to S1 with behaviour R2

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Phineas Gage. The image has been laterally reversed to show the features
Figure 1.5
correctly since daguerrotypes are mirror images
Source: Wilgus and Wilgus, 2009, Figure 1, p. 341. Collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus

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Links between levels of (a) the phenomena of behaviour and brain and
Figure 1.6
(b) the disciplines studying them. The psychological level is shown above the
physiological, since, as we go up, we get to a larger scale
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Genes within cells. Note the cellular environment surrounding the genes and
Figure 1.7
the environment surrounding the cells and the whole animal. For simplicity just one
cell is shown
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Behaviour is both caused by the nervous system and affects the nervous
Figure 1.8
system. One site of this effect is where the genes affect nervous system structure
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