"Imagine the number 1 followed by about 500 zeros." Straight from the source of the book being used in Physiological Psychology. Wow! The whole idea is mind blowing for our universe to possibly be different in so many ways, but ended up this particular way for us to be able to live in. I loved how the chapter engaged me right at the beginning with the insights on if the universe were made any differently, even to the slightest, life would not be possible! I think this was a great way to introduce all the topics in the module such as biological psychology, which is one of my favorite studies so far. Mainly because it is able to branch out into all kinds of focuses on brain functioning. This is where neurons are mentioned, which so happens to be my group's team name!
This is what they look like in case you have never seen them magnified like me. :-)
So speaking of brain functioning, I really enjoyed the biological explanations of behavior which include: physiological, evolutionary, ontogenetic, and functional. Functional explanation intrigues me the most because it answers the why questions on how certain things or animals evolved. I would like to see more examples on which animals use their passed on genes as an advantage to living and what the functional explanations will be. I am definitely excited to learn more on biology, even though this is physiological psychology class.
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