PSS1711 - Exploring human behaviour
6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate Faculty of Arts
Leader(s): Dr Barry Richardson & Dr Dianne Wuillemin
Offered
Gippsland First semester 2009 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Synopsis
The unit provides an introduction to the study of human behaviour, covering aspects such as brain structure and function, sensation, perception, consciousness and its many states, learning and conditioning, memory, cognition, motivation, emotion, stress and coping.
Objectives
On successful completion of this unit students should: 1) be aware of the complexity of human behaviour and have an appreciation of the issues related to understanding and measuring some of these behaviours; 2) be aware of some of the theories that attempt to explain human processes, particularly those related to sensation, perception, consciousness, learning, memory, cognition and emotion.
Assessment
Written work: 60%
2 hour Exam: 40%
Contact hours
3 hours (1 x 2 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week
Prohibitions
APY1910, BHS1320, GSC1306, GSC1711, PSY1011, WEL1320, BHS1711