Carol, I thought the FUN group sounded interesting. I asked a psych colleague here in the college of Health and Human Services if he was familiar with it. Gulp....he is Jeffrey Smith, and he wrote back quickly. He is the current president of Fun and attended the summer conference of FUN with one of our biology faculty and also one of our clinical neuropsych faculty. And so it goes....
G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU > On Aug 22, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Carol DeVolder <devoldercar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > My take on this is that biological psychology or physiological psychology as > a fairly broad term that encompasses most species; behavioral neuroscience > (or more simply neuroscience) does this as well, however the term is simply a > sexier version. This (or these) discipline(s) study everything from cell bio > (e.g., neurotransmitters, glia, neurocytology) with a definite biochemistry > underpinning. Neuropsychology, on the other hand, involves the relationship > between biological mechanisms and human behaviors (for the most part). > Language in primates, affect in human and non-human animals, neural > plasticity, recovery of function--all are part of this, but the emphasis is > on "people." An offshoot of this is the APA division 40, Clinical > Neuropsychology. > > Personally, I think much of it has to do with the attractiveness of saying "I > am a neuroscientist" rather than "I am a biopsychologist." Both may mean the > same, but one sounds a whole lot jazzier than the other. > > My department is crafting an advertisement for a new position--coming > soon--and we have been wrestling with this type of wording. Some schools have > interdisciplinary neuroscience majors that emphasize philosophy as well, with > courses like philosophy of the mind, and consciousness. We are a department > that deals with people, we don't have space for animal labs, and our students > who go to grad school tend to go on to programs either in clinical > psychology, physical therapy, or allied health fields. Our position will > reflect our emphasis on the psychology part of it. A helpful organization is > Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN), and Annette, you may find some > help with your question within that organization > http://www.funfaculty.org/drupal/ > > Happy Friday! > Carol (undercover--AKA, Carol) > > >> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Annette Taylor <tay...@sandiego.edu> wrote: >> Words change...usage changes...but people sometimes have a hard time >> changing. >> >> We currently have a search underway for a biological psychologist. It would >> seem that the concept of a biological psychologist is outdated and that the >> proper search might be for a behavioral neuroscientist. But there are people >> in our department who insist that the perspectives are different and that we >> really want a biological psychologist--someone trained in a psychology >> department and not someone trained for example, in a biology department or >> even an interdisciplinary department. Someone whose focus is primarily on >> behavior--not necessarily human--but definitely behavior and not something >> like the molecular level. So a person could study "learning and memory" at a >> more global behavioral level or at a finer tuned level in terms of brain >> structures, or a even finer tuned level yet at the molecular level. I think >> that the argument among some (I don't have this perspective so I'm trying to >> be fair to those who do) is that is that once you get down to cellular >> levels and below you are no longer a biological "psychologist." >> >> Is there any sense among tipsters as to any "real" difference in what a >> traditional biological psychologist might bring to a department as opposed >> to a behavioral neuroscientist? We are at a crucial growth junction having >> initiated a program in behavioral neuroscience to complement our program in >> psychological science. The feeling among some is that the biological >> psychologist would be better serve the general psychological science program >> in the sense of preparing students who want to go into areas such as human >> relations/business or into law school or even into clinical areas with less >> than a PhD--i.e., areas that need a fundamental understanding of >> brain/behavior relationships, but not so finely tuned to the cellular levels >> and below. >> >> I'd appreciate some feedback as to where the field is going. >> >> (It seems to be that interdisciplinary neuroscience is the direction but I >> could be wrong on that. I'm not sure how to best research this objectively >> in some way other than looking at the job postings at APA and APS and >> counting the numbers of descriptors used. >> >> Annette >> >> >> Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. 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