Biology and Behaviour in Psychology

Modules List( 7 )

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  1 Classical conditioning
  • Classical conditioning This course covers classical conditioning, also known as respondent or Pavlovian conditioning. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Classical (respondent or Pavlovian) conditioning
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  • Ethical issues in conditioning human behaviour
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  • Key terms in classical conditioning
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  • The main elements in classical conditioning
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  2 Operant conditioning
  • Operant conditioning This course covers topics in operant conditioning such as learning, punishment, and operant conditioning in practice. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Operant (instrumental) conditioning
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  • Learning: schedules of reinforcement
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  • Punishment (including negative effects of punishment) and ways to maximise effectiveness
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  • Elements in operant conditioning
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  • Operant conditioning in practice
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  • Comparison of classical conditioning and operant conditioning
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  3 Learning theory
  • Learning theory This course covers empirical research in psychology and how to write references from journals, books, the Internet, and CD-ROMS. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Introduction to learning theory
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  • Learning by insight
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  • Learning set
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  4 States of consciousness
  • States of consciousness This course covers topics related to states of consciousness such as waking consciousness, sleep, dreams, and sleep deprivation. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Altered States of Consciousness: Measurement of Physiological Responses
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  • Altered States of Consciousness: Measurement of Heart Rate
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  • The ways to study sleep
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  • As sleep progresses
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  • Characteristics and patterns of stages of sleep
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  • Stages of sleep one to four
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  • Effects of sleep deprivation
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  • Sleep disorders
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  • Types of dreams
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  • States of consciousness
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  • Definition of consciousness
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  • Streams of consciousness
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  • Characteristics of normal waking consciousness
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  • High level and lower level awareness
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  • Controlled Processes
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  • Automatic Processes
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  • Daydreaming
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  • Common characteristics of altered states of consciousness
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  • Disturbed time sense
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  • Description of pain
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  • Purpose of sleep
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  5 The biological basis for behaviour
  • The biological basis for behaviour This course covers topics related to anatomy and function of the nervous system such as the cerebral hemispheres, the spinal cord, somatic and automatic nervous systems, and the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Biological bases of behaviour
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  • The structure of the cerebral cortex
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  • Cerebral hemispheres: corpus callosum
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  • Cerebral hemispheres: the functions of the four lobes
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  • Cerebral hemispheres: parietal lobe
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  • Cerebral hemispheres: occipital lobe
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  • Temporal Lobe
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  • Hemispheric specialisation
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  • Hemispheric specialisation
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  • Functions of the spinal cord
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  • Distinction between sensory and motor neuron activity
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  • Somatic and automatic nervous system
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  • Sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions
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  6 Stress
  • Stress This course covers physiological and psychological affects of prolonged exposure to arousal states such as stress. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.
  • Physiological and psychological effects of prolonged or intense arousal
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  • The relationship between stress and disease
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• Assessment
  • Assessment
  • Assessment
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