Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty

Faculty of Education and Psychology

Organization

PPK Institute of Psychology

Code

PSYB19-205

Title

Biological Psychology 1.

Usual semester

Both

ECTS

3

Language

en

Learning outcomes

Aim of the course: The course (together with Biological Psychology 2 Lecture) aims to summarize the neuroanatomical and (psycho)physiological knowledge that is necessary to develop a biologically founded approach to pychology. Learning outcome, competences knowledge: The student knows the theories presented in the introductory courses (Biological foundations of psychology) Possesses appropriate knowledge to understand and analyse the major research questions of psychology attitude: The student is sensitive to and interested in the understanding of psychological phenomena and problems Accepts the biological background of psychological phenomena and processes Attempts to integrate his or her biological and psychological knowledge skills: The student is able to explain the biological background of psychological phenomena Able to recognize causal relationships, to think in a logical way, and to present summarizing reviews Able to perceive human behavior in a differentiated way and efficiently identify situations Able to follow and understand the psychological literature

Course content

Topics of the course General structure of the nervous system; neurons, synapses, neural transmission Macroanatomy of the nervous system; brain imaging methods Evolution, heredity, and brain; neural plasticity Predictive processing Sensory systems (vision, hearing, smell, taste, somatosensory system) The motor system Wakefulness, sleep, and biological rhythms Homeostatic regulation of temperature, thirst and hunger

Assessment method

Requirements: Evaluation: exam mark (1-5)

Bibliography

Kalat, J.W. (2018): Biological psychology, 13th edition. Wadsworth Publishing, Belmont. ISBN: 9781337408202

Recommended bibliography

Sapolsky, R. (2017): Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst. Penguin Press, London. ISBN: 1594205078

Programmes of the course