Study Programmes 2015-2016
| PSYC0029-1 | |||||||||||
| Biological Psychology, partim 1 | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 25h Th | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| André Ferrara | |||||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | |||||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | |||||||||||
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| Biological psychology is the scientific study of the biology of the behavior. After having defined the biological psychology, we will examine its methodological foundations (methods of studying the nervous system and behavioral research methods). Then we will study the sensory (vision and audition) and sensorimotor systems, as well as several issues related to brain plasticity (development of the nervous system, brain damage and neuroplasticity). | |||||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Focus on behavior: behavioural neuroscience is a team effort and the biopsychologist offers a unique contribution to this effort through its behavioral and cognitive expertise.
This course helps the student to understand the interest as well as the limitations of the biological approach of human behaviors.
In this first part of the study of the biopsychology, the student will be brought round to: - define the research field of the biopsychology (place within neurosciences, associated disciplines, ...). - understand the methods used in biopsychogy (methods of studying the nervous system and behavioral research methods). - understand the interest of a comparative apporach in the knowlegde development about visual, auditive and sensorimotor systems. |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Notions of Biology and Biological Anthropology (prerequisite) / Physiology of the nervous system (corequisite). | |||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Ex cathedra course. | |||||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face. | |||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Reference textbooks: Pinel (2007). Biopsychologie (6e édition). PEARSON Education. Pinel and Barnes (2014). Introduction to Biopsychology (9th edition). PEARSON. Breedlove, Rosenzweig & Watson (2012). Psychobiologie (6e édition). De Boeck. PDF files will be available through eCampus. | |||||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam (MCQ and open-ended questions with short answers). | |||||||||||
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Ferrara André (04/366.22.32 - a.ferrara@ulg.ac.be) | |||||||||||