Poslední úprava: Mgr. Lenka Halbichová (08.07.2016)
A full description of the topics, course and assessment is available in the file store area (Introduction to Biopsychology Course Handbook 2015-2016).
Psychology seeks to understand and explain human behaviour from various perspectives; the physical substrates of human behaviour is central to any examination of human psychology. Knowledge and understanding of the structure and function of the brain, and other bodily systems is necessary to appreciate complex phenomena such as mental illness, motivated behaviour and emotion.
You will be taught by an expert biopsychologist, who is research active and who is passionate about her subject.
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Lenka Halbichová (08.07.2016)
A full description of the topics, course and assessment is available in the file store area (Introduction to Biopsychology Course Handbook 2015-2016).
Psychology seeks to understand and explain human behaviour from various perspectives; the physical substrates of human behaviour is central to any examination of human psychology. Knowledge and understanding of the structure and function of the brain, and other bodily systems is necessary to appreciate complex phenomena such as mental illness, motivated behaviour and emotion.
You will be taught by an expert biopsychologist, who is research active and who is passionate about her subject.
Cíl předmětu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Lenka Halbichová (08.07.2016)
The aim of this course is to explore the relationship between brain function and behaviour and the factors controlling the acquisition and expression of behaviour. The course covers the organization and structure of the brain and nervous system as well as examining the role of the brain (in particular) in behaviour. Both normal and abnormal functioning are considered and the biological and learning components of a some psychological disorders such as schizophrenia and drug addiction are examined. Knowledge of basic core information will be complemented by theoretical accounts of the phenomenon under scrutiny.
Literatura - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Lenka Halbichová (08.07.2016)
Povinná:
Linden, D.. The biology of psychological disorders. Basingstoke. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2012.
Požadavky ke zkoušce - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Lenka Halbichová (08.07.2016)
This course will be taught and assessed in the English language. Therefore a good standard of skills in English is a pre-requisite for this course.
Attendance at lectures is expected and your attendance will be monitored. If you have a genuine reason for non-attendance please inform the course tutor in advance.
Sylabus - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Lenka Halbichová (08.07.2016)
05/10/2015
Introduction to the course
12/10/2015
Neuroanatomy
19/10/2015
Cellular building blocks, membranes and potentials
26/10/205
Intercellular communication,psychopharmacology and neurotransmitters
02/11/2015
Research methods and animal models in biopsychology
09/11/2015
Neural basis of emotion
16/11/2015
Motivational systems and incentive salience
23/11/2015
Neural basis of drug addiction
30/11/2015
Neural basis of schizophrenia
07/12/2015
History of biological treatments for psychological disorders
Podmínky zakončení předmětu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Rachel Rutter Horsley, Ph.D. (20.09.2017)
For the final exam students write essay (1500 words not including reference section)
Further details of coursework assessment, including marking criteria will be provided separately.
All coursework must be submitted by email (rachel.horsley@nudz.cz), no later than 4pm Friday 24th November 2017. You will not be required to submit a hard (printed paper) copy. Remember to retain your email in your ‘Sent Items’ as evidence of submission.
