Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis 1. Physiological and skilled performance: neurotransmitters, psychopharmacology, memory, addiction, circadian rhythms, ageing, language. 2. Human development: psychosocial stages (Erikson), cognitive stages (Piaget), moral development, learning intelligence, language development, prenatal development, life span development. 3. Research design and analysis: descriptive versus inferential statistics, hypothesis testing, matched student's t, independent student's t, categorical data and contingency tables, Chi square and Fishers exact, strength of association and McNemar's test, Pearson's correlation, Spearman's correlation, non parametric testing, selection of appropriate tests.
Assessment Examinations: 60% + Two laboratory reports: 30% + Seminar presentation: 10%