Introduction to PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

What is Physiological Psychology?  If the term is broken down; physiological is referring to  physiology and psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior.  When referring to physiological psychology, the goal is to look at the relationship between biological processes and psychological issues. But this is an elusive goal to accomplish. This field of psychology is a complex and fascinating field of study. If you are interested in learning about how the brain works and how it effects human behavior, this may be the field to look into.
Although it seems obvious that  brain activity is the explanation for human behavior, there are different views and unanswered questions.
 David Chalmers, a philosopher, proposed a problem which still remains unanswered.  He presented the hard problem, which questions  the existence of consciousness, today this problem is known as the mind-body problem.  How does the brain create mental experiences?
Physiological psychology provides explanations to behavior in four different categories; physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional.  Many different sub fields within psychology will provide different explanations according to the principles of the field.
Much of the explanations within physiological psychology will focus on the brain activity.  Furthermore, physiological psychology focuses on brain functioning in the microscopic level by studying neurons and glia.
Neurons, glia, neurotransmitters, nervous system, brain; ALL these terms come to mind when studying physiological psychology!! So let's find out how the brain works and why......