Type of course

Admission requirements

Local admission, application code 9199 - - singular course.

This course has academic prerequisites. PSY-1001 and PSY-1012 are recommended prior knowledge requirements.

Course content

Objectives of the course

At the end of the course, the student is expected to be able to:

Knowledge:

• Explain what characterizes the biological perspective in psychology and different traditions within this perspective.
• Describe and recognize basic concepts of the neuroanatomy (the central and peripheral nervous systems), and neurodevelopment.
• Explain fundamental concepts within neurophysiology and psychopharmacology.
• Explain transduction, transmission and perception in sensory systems
• Explain the fundamental concepts of movement and control
• Describe central facts and explain key principles of the biological basis for important psychological topics (for example language and intelligence, emotion, motivation and reward, learning and memory, stress, sleep and alertness).
• Explain how knowledge of biological processes contributes to the understanding of mental disorders and their treatment.
• Describe basic research methods in biological psychology

Skills:

• Perform literature searches and critically evaluate sources in biological psychology
• Recognize and being able to name anatomical structures of the nervous system
• Evaluate the core aspects of biological psychology

General competence:

• Explain and being able to critically address the selected aspects of biological psychology
• Recognize and being able to point out the principles of the selected aspects of biological psychology

Language of instruction and examination

Teaching methods

Information to incoming exchange students

This course is available for inbound exchange students.

There are no academic prerequisites to add this module in your Learning Agreement