Prerequisites for Module
None, in addition to SCQF 9 entry requirements or equivalent.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To provide the student with a broad understanding of the biological bases of behaviour to enable a confident familiarity with the way bodily states and processes produce and control behaviour.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Determine how psychological functions can be described and understood at a number of different levels.
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Identify and describe the basic structures of the brain, the ways in which information is transmitted and how this relates to behaviour.
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Assess techniques used to examine brain mechanisms and underlying behaviour.
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Indicative Module Content
The biological foundations of human behaviour.
The basic structures of the brain and it's underlying functions.
The link between neuropathology and cognitive/behavioural functions.
Learning and memory.
| Feeding and drinking.
Drug-related behaviour.
Cognition.
Behavioural disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease and Amnesia.
Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Full Time | Lectures
| 12 | Seminars/workshops
| 24 |
Directed Study
| | Directed Study
| 54 |
Private Study
| | Private Study
| 60 |
Mode of Delivery
This module is based on lectures and seminar discussion groups. It also requires students to undertake careful and critical reading of relevant literature.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 | 1,2,3
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Component 1 will be assessed by Examination.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | BREEDLOVE, S.M., ROSENWEIG, M.R., and WATSON, N.V., 2007. Biological psychology. 5th ed. Sunderland, M.A: Sinauer.
| | 2. | KALAT, .J.W., 2008. Biological Psychology. 9th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Thomson Learning.
| | 3. | PINEL, J.P.J., 2009. Biopsychology. 7th ed. Boston: Pearson.
| | 4. | TOATES, F., 2006. Biological psychology. 2nd ed. Boston: Pearson.
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