Monash University Science handbook 1995

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APY1010

Psychology - introductory A

Mr Tom Whelan

6 points * Three 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour workshop per week * First semester * Caulfield/Peninsula

An introduction to the study of human behaviour including structure and function of the nervous system, visual perception, consciousness including sleep and dreams, learning, memory storage and retrieval processes, research methods and statistical analysis.

Assessment

Cumulative, based on two laboratory reports, one workshop presentation and three tests

Prescribed texts

Weiten W Psychology: Themes and variations 2nd edn, Brooks-Cole, 1992



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