Maalot College | Evaluated Learning Experience
PSY374 Biopsychology
135 hours (15 weeks).
September 2023 – Present.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: identify principles of Biopsychology and connect the fundamentals of the relationship between the brain and behavior in terms of how the brain mediates behavior, cognition, and emotion; and describe the structure and function of the nervous system, of the sensory and motor systems, on learning and behavior, and on neurological dysfunction and its causes and form hypotheses for certain behaviors citing supporting evidence from research methodology in Biopsychology.
Major topics include research methodology in Biopsychology; structure and function of the nervous system, of the sensory and motor systems on learning and behavior and on neurological dysfunction and its causes; subdivisions of Neuropsychology; scientific methods; critical thinking; anatomy of the nervous system; neural conduction; synaptic transmissions; research methods of Biopsychology; pharmacological research; genetic engineering; biopsychological patterns of animal behavior; visual system, sensory system; somatosensory system; chemical senses; sensorimotor system; brain damage and neuroplasticity; sleep; emotion; and psychiatric disorders.
In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category OR in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Psychology (8/24).