Biological Psychology II: Functions

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1003186BER for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Before you can register for Biological psychology II: Functions you must have passed Biological psychology I: Introduction. Students who are enrolled in a shortened study program can take this course unit.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

Department

Experimental and Applied Psychology

Educational team

Kris Baetens (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

39 contact hours Lecture
15 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course gives a general overview of how different (neuro)physiological systems contribute to human behaviour: how does human behaviour relate to biological mechanisms in the body and particularly the brain?

This course offers a general overview of the cardinal processes in the physiology of behaviour, i.e. those involved in perceptual systems, motor systems, learning and memory, sleep and biological rhythms, and stress. The intertwinement of the individual, their environment and the broader evolutionary context runs like a thread through the course.

For a detailed description of course content: see Canvas.

Course material

Handbook (Required) : Physiology of Behavior, Neil Carlson, 12de, Pearson, 9781292158105, 2017
Handbook (Recommended) : Fitzgerald's Clinical Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience, Estomih Mtui, MD, Gregory Gruener, Peter Dockery, 8de, Elsevier, 9780702079092, 2021
Digital course material (Required) : Digital course material

Additional info

Study guidance via Canvas forum.

Working methods:
• 39u HOC – for working students, recordings of the collective classes are provided, in addition to an online Q&A.
• 15u ZELF: Students get additional self study assignments to deepen their understanding of the course materials.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student can describe the most important mechanisms in behavioural physiology from a psychological perspective.

The student can describe the interactions between the most important mechanisms in behavioural physiology from a psychological perspective.

The student can relate the most important mechanisms in behavioural physiology from a psychological perspective to the evolutionary context in which they evolved.

The student recognizes the importance of the perspective of behavioural physiology for psychology.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written exam multiple choice with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: 100% written exam (multiple choice with caesura based on chance level).

Additional info regarding evaluation

100% written exam (multiple choice with caesura based on chance level).

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context