Biological psychology
BT BB BS DT GA PA BC BP BDT BY BBS
Dianne Wuillemin and Kamal Rahman
Subject value of 1.0 (6 point) * Two hours of lectures and three hours of laboratory per week * First semester * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: GAS2504 plus two subjects from GAS2501, GAS2502, GAS2503 or equivalent second-level subjects
The subject focuses on the organisation of the brain and nervous system and its electrical and chemical processes as the fundamental basis of behaviour. It highlights the biological mechanisms of selected aspects of human behaviour including sensory and motor processing, eating and drinking, regulation of body temperature, sexual behaviour, emotions, sleep arousal, and more complex mental processes such as language, cognition, learning, memory, and disorders of the nervous system. The subject concludes with a discussion of the psychobiology of mind and consciousness. Distance education students are required to attend a two-day weekend or residential school program involving laboratory sessions.
Assessment
Laboratory reports: 40% * Examination: 60% * A pass on the examination is a requirement for the successful completion of this subject
Prescribed texts
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