Extended data for Biological Psychology 1.

Biological Psychology 1.

Institution

Eötvös Loránd University

Organizational Unit

PPK Institute of Psychology

Related programme

Psychology

Code

PSYB19-205

ECTS

3

ISCED code

0313 Psychology

Language of instruction

English

Academic term

1/1

Title

Biological Psychology 1. hu

Biological Psychology 1. en

Reading list Compulsory reading list Kalat, J.W. (2018): Biological psychology, 13th edition. Wadsworth Publishing, Belmont. ISBN: 9781337408202 Czigler B., Márkus A.,  (2019): Neurológia pszichológia szakos hallgatók számára. Bővített, átdolgozott kiadás. Akadémiai Kiadó Zrt, Budapest. ISBN: 9789634540779 Recommended reading list Sapolsky, R. (2017): Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst. Penguin Press, London. ISBN: 1594205078

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

Content of the course 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 Learning activities, learning methods

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

Evaluation of outcomes Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation: requirements Evaluation: exam mark (1-5)

Requirements: Evaluation: exam mark (1-5)