Improving the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum by        Introducing Psychobiological Laboratory Studies
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The Trinity College Psychology Department is strengthening its                  curriculum by equipping a new laboratory for the study of psychobiology.        The biological basis of behavior is evidenced by studying the brain             mechanisms that mediate or produce such behaviors.  The psychobiologist         has a rich assortment of methods to study mechanisms that mediate               behaviors important to the survival and well-being of the organism.                                                                                             The student in this laboratory has the opportunity to study the feeding,        drinking, activity, memory and learning patterns of a laboratory rodent,        and to discover the brain areas or systems which may direct or mediate          such behaviors. The animal's sensorimotor reflexes, activity levels and         ingestive responses are examined pre- and post-pharmacological or               surgical intervention.  Thus students are introduced to the science of          objective observation of the laboratory animal's various classes of             behavior.  Histological examination of the brain tissue should provide          significant information of the bi-directionality of brain and behavior          relationships.  Such knowledge and training provide the college student         with an understanding of experimental methodology in a critical area of         science, and an objective view of the important marriage of                     psychological and biological theories.
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