Course Tittle: Neurological Bases of Behavior

Course Code: PSY-312

Credit Hours: 3

Instructor: ANILA AFZAL

Email: [email protected]

Descriptions and objectives

To present current methodologies and concepts in experimental psychology

To equip students with techniques of communicating results of experiments.

To instill an ethical approach to conduct the experimental research.

READINGS

Kalat, J. W. (1998). Biological psychology (6th ed.). California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.

Carlson, N. R. (2006). Foundations of physiological psychology (7th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Contents

1. Origins of Neuro-psychology

Neurological explanation of behavior, Historical roots of Physiological Psychology, Evolution of brain, Genetics and evolution of behavior, Chromosomal disorders, Ethical issues in Neuropsychological research, Careers in Physiological Psychology.

1. Physiology of Neural Cells

Neurons, Types of neurons, Nerve impulse, Communication within a neuron, Communication between neurons

1. Physiology of Nervous System

Basic features of nervous system, Central & Peripheral nervous system, investigating how the brain controls behavior, Development of the brain

1. Emotions and Regulations of Internal Body States

Neural control of emotional response patterns, Role of orbit frontal cortex in social judgment and emotions, Neural basis of the communication of emotions, Endocrine system and emotions, Homeostasis, the psychology and biology of thirst, The multiple controls of hunger, Physiological mechanisms of sleep and waking

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