Physiological Psychology Guide

Course Expectations

Physiological Psychology satisfies BCIA's Neuroanatomy requirement for Neurofeedback Certification. This course is self-paced. You have a year to read 14 chapters in Breedlove and Watson’s Behavioral Neuroscience text and pass 14 chapter exams (20 multiple-choice questions) on ClassMarker with a score of 70%. You may take these exams as many times as you need until you achieve a passing score.

Course Resources

You may purchase Sinauer’s Behavioral Neuroscience (10th ed.) text (ISBN 9780197616857) from online vendors like Amazon.com.

Required Chapters

Chapter 2: Functional Neuroanatomy: The Nervous System and Behavior
Chapter 3: Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals
Chapter 4: The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology
Chapter 5: Hormones and the Brain
Chapter 7: Life-Span Development of the Brain and Behavior
Chapter 8: General Principles of Sensory Processing, Touch, and Pain
Chapter 9: Hearing, Vestibular Perception, Taste, and Smell
Chapter 10: Vision: From Eye to Brain
Chapter 11: Motor Control and Plasticity
Chapter 14: Biological Rhythms, Sleep, and Dreaming
Chapter 15: Emotions, Aggression, and Stress
Chapter 16: Psychopathology: Biological Basis of Behavioral Disorders
Chapter 17: Learning and Memory
Chapter 18: Attention and Higher Cognition

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How to Take Exams

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If you are enrolled in several products, select the one you want and then click on Go to Selected Group.

When you select Physiological Psychology, ClassMarker will show you available exams and your percentage, scores, and elapsed time on exams you have completed.

Open an exam by clicking on the Start button. You may save any exam and finish later and retake exams as often as possible.

How to Receive Exam Feedback

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How to Return to the Exam Menu

Click on Group Tests at the left top of the screen

From here you may retake an exam or start a new one.

How to Download PowerPoints

Please download the Breedlove 10E PowerPoints using Dropbox.

Lecture Podcasts on YouTube

Chapter 2 Functional Neuroanatomy: The Nervous System and Behavior
Chapter 3 Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals
Chapter 4 The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology
Chapter 5 Hormones and the Brain
Chapter 7 Life-Span Development of the Brain and Behavior
Chapter 8 General Principles of Sensory Processing, Touch, and Pain
Chapter 9 Hearing, Vestibular Perception, Taste, and Smell
Chapter 10 Vision: From Eye to Brain
Chapter 11 Motor Control and Plasticity
Chapter 14 Biological Rhythms, Sleep, and Dreaming
Chapter 15 Emotions, Aggression, and Stress
Chapter 16 Psychopathology: Biological Basis of Behavioral Disorders
Chapter 17 Learning and Memory
Chapter 18 Attention and Higher Cognition

Animations on YouTube

Chapter 2 Visualizing the Human Brain
Chapter 3 Resting Potential
Chapter 3 Action Potential
Chapter 3 Spatial Summation
Chapter 3 Synaptic Transmission
Chapter 3 Ionotropic Metabotropic
Chapter 4 Agonists Antagonists
Chapter 4 Neurotransmitter Pathways
Chapter 5 Chemical Communication
Chapter 5 Hormone Action
Chapter 5 Hypothalamus Endocrine
Chapter 7 Neuronal Development
Chapter 8 Somatosensory
Chapter 9 Sound Transduction
Chapter 9 Mapping Auditory Frequencies
Chapter 9 Vestibular System
Chapter 9 Olfactory System
Chapter 10 Visual Pathways
Chapter 10 Receptive Fields Retina
Chapter 11 Muscle Contraction
Chapter 11 Stretch Reflex
Chapter 12 Aromatization
Chapter 13 Negative Feedback
Chapter 13 Thermoregulation
Chapter 14 Biological Rhythms
Chapter 14 Molecular Clocks
Chapter 17 AMPA and NMDA
Chapter 18 Input to Output

How to Receive Your Certificate of Exam Completion

When you have completed the 14 chapter exams and filed with BCIA, please contact us at fred@biosourcesoftware.com so that we may issue a certificate of exam completion for you to submit to BCIA.

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