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| PSY1203 | Biological Determinants of Behaviour | ||
| SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE | |||
| Credit Points: 15 | |||
| Prerequisites: | |||
| PSY1101 | Introduction to Psychology | ||
| Description: | |||
| This unit focuses on biological factors that enable behaviours to occur by examining the adult and developing nervous, endocrine, immunological, and musculoskeletal systems and their contributions to automatic functions; basic drives such as thirst, hunger, and sex; and higher functions such as emotion, learning, and memory. Fundamentals will be obtained by examining the biological patterns associated with normal and abnormal human and animal behaviours (e.g., mood disorders, schizophrenia, degenerative and substance abuse disorders). Full Unit Outline | |||
| Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 30/04/2009 VET: 30/04/2009