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PSYC204 Biological Psychology

10 cp
Prerequisites PSYC101 Psychology B
Teaching Organisation 4 hours per week for twelve weeks or equivalent of lectures, laboratory work, seminars and/or field studies.

This unit addresses key issues in current psychobiological theory by exploring the mechanisms of behaviour from their evolutionary origins and genetic base, to their ultimate adaptiveness in psychobiological life. The unit is offered as a study of the biological processes underlying behaviour, including psychophysiology and behavioural neuroscience. With a theoretical model of evolution as a process of behavioural change, the presentation of selected topics in biological psychology in lectures will be accompanied by illustrative examples of behavioural change in laboratory/tutorial classes.

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