homework assignment
The Assignment:
Write a 4- to 5-page paper that addresses the following:
- Describe the divisions of the brain that research psychologists are most interested in and explain why.
- Describe what divisions of the brain you might be interested in researching and explain why.
Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course. Noe, A. (2011). Is addiction in the head? NPR. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/09/02/140110606/is-addiction-in-the-head
- Sinauer and Associates, Inc. (Producer). (2010). Agonists and antagonists. Available from https://www.bn8e.com
- Breedlove, S. M., & Watson, N. V. (2018). Behavioral neuroscience (8th ed.) New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- Chapter 4, “The Chemistry Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology”
- Koob, G. F., & Volkow, N. D. (2010). Neurocircuitry of addiction. Neuropsychopharmacology, 35(1), 217–238.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.- Please read the supplemental note for this article first: Supplemental Note
- Volkow, N. D., Wang, G. J., Fowler, J. S., Tomasi, D., Telang, F., & Baler, R. (2010). Addiction: decreased reward sensitivity and increased expectation sensitivity conspire to overwhelm the brain’s control circuit. Bioessays, 32(9), 748–755. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20730946
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