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Biopsych - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Sympathetic NS
        
        prepares the body for action and stress. This is called "fight or flight"
      - Parasympatehtic NS
        
        calms the body and helps the body to conserve energy - returns to homeostasis
      - Regulates involuntary bodily processes including heart rate, respiration, digestion, and pupil contraction; operates automatically without conscious direction
    - - Carries sensory information from sensory organs to the CNS and relays motor commands to muscles; controls voluntary movements
- - - - highly scientific, quantitive methods of testing
        
        e.g., brain scans
      - more reliable
      - easy replicable experiments
      - lab studies
        
        high internal validity
        
        low ecological validity/mundane realism
    - - development of drug treatments
        
        SSRIs
        
        good for economy