INTRODUCTION TO

BIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE
OF PSYCHOLOGY

Ms. Mary Louise Miranda,

MA, RPm

PREPARED BY
 Demonstrate
familiarity in the
biological

OBJECTIVES: processes of
behaviors

Establish association of body

process and functions to Make use of the new
information to
observable behaviors in humans
understand important
body functions
controlled by the brain
HELLO, I'M
_____________
Give a function of the brain and introduce yourself
to others while doing the said brain function and say
a random fact about yourself.

For example "Hello, I'm calculating and I can

twist my lips like a fish"
 SECONDARY VESICLES
TELENCEPHALON
PROSENCEPHALON
DIENCEPHALON

MESENCEPHALON MESENCEPHALON

RHOMBENCEPHALON METENCEPHALON

MYELENCEPHALON

PRIMARY VESICLES
 CEREBRUM
The cerebrum is the largest part Frontal lobe
of the brain. This area is Parietal lobe
responsible for memory, speech, Temporal lobe
Occipital lobe
senses, and emotional response.
FRONTAL
LOBE
Executive functions
Personality
Motor/voluntary functions
Inhibition
Language (Broca's area
Left brain )
CASE: PHINEAS
GAGE
NAME: Phineas Gage
AGE: 25 y/o
SEX: Male
ADDRESS: USA
NATIONALITY: American
PRESENTING PROBLEM:
Change of personality. "No
longer Gage"
PARIETAL LOBE
Somatosensory functions
"Integration center"
TEMPORAL LOBE
Memory center (Amygdala &
Hippocampus)
Amnesia - Anterograde &
Retrograde
Prosopognosia
Comprehension (Wernicke's Area)
OCCIPITAL LOBE
Primary visual area
 INTERBRAIN
Composed of thalamus, hypothalamus,
epithalamus, and subthalamus.
Limbic system
 INTERBRAIN
THALAMUS
Last relay center for all sensory centers
except olfactory.
Screens impulses going to the brain

HYPOTHALAMUS
sub-chief in control center
Regulation of SNS and PNS
Secretion of hormones body tempt, water
balance, eating emotions.

EPITHALAMUS
Known as pineal gland
MIDBRAIN
location of substancia nigra
Production of dopamine,
oxytoxin, & endorphins
CEREBELLUM
Dorsal metencephalon
Coordination of somatic motor activities
Regulation of muscle tone
1. Catalepsy 2.Cataplexy
Balance/equilibrium
Memory of the sensory skills (e.g.,
driving)
 PONS
Ventral metencephalon
Somatosensory
Breathing
 MEDULLA
OBLONGATA
MEDULLA
Site of the crossing of nerve fibers
Pyramidal decussation
PERIPHERAL
NERVOUS
SYSTEM
Connect the CNS to the rest of the body.
send and receive messages from CNS to the
body and vice versa
PERIPHERAL
NERVOUS
SYSTEM
SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
sending and receiving messages from
CNS to the body and vice versa.

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

responsible for regulating involuntary
functions (e.g., blood circulation,
breathing, heartbeat, etc).
PERIPHERAL
NERVOUS
SYSTEM
AFFERENT NEURONS
Sensory neurons

EFFERENT NEURONS
Motor neurons
Basic structure unit of
nervous system

NEURONS
 Conduction of nerve impulses
when a neuron is activated,
neurotransmitters can be
found that determine the
behavior.
NEUROTRANSMITTERS
chemical messengers released
into synaptic cleft through
exocytosis, either to inhibit or
activate neurons.
EXCITATORY
INHIBITORY

NEURONS
EXCITATORY NEURONS
Glutamate
Dopamine
Norepinephirne
Acetycholine
Aspartate
Endorphin
INHIBITORY
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Glycine
Serotonine

NEURONS
SOURCES:
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3MDG Publishing Center
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Zarraga, I. M. (2020). Introduction to Psychology module. For Adamson
University.
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