COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED STUDIES IN PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 6026 ADVANCED STUDIES IN PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ADVIYE ESIN YILMAZ SAMANCI

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The main focus of the course is to gain information about brain mechanisms underlying behaviors, methods used for making inferences and rationale between methods. In this course, principles of behavioral neuroscience is mainly examined related to studying brain mechanisms responsible for behaviors. The main approach of the course is associated with examination of human brain within a fuctional frame.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be able to carry out analyses of mind brain problem based on several theoretical approaches,
2   To be able to define philosophical and technical characteristics of scientific method,
3   To be able to describe methodology related to studying brain-behavior relationship scientifically.
4   To be able to identify molecular and cellular mechanisms related to nervous system,
5   To be able to describe electrochemical facts in neural transmission,
6   To be able to define physiological mechanisms underlying processes such as audition, vision, motion.
7   To be able to explain behavioral phenomena such as emotion, reward and addiction based on neurophysiological structures.
8   To be able to explain behavioral phenomena such as emotion, reward and addiction based on neurophysiological structures.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Mind and Brain: Historical and philosophical bases
2 Behavioral Neuroscience
3 Nervous system cells, Electrical signal and synaptic activity
4 Nervous system
5 Midterm exam 1
6 Vision
7 Auditory, vestibular, chemical and physical senses
8 Motion
9 Hunger and thirst
10 Midterm exam 2
11 Emotion, Reward and Addiction
12 Hormones and Sexuality
13 Sleep and Wakefulness
14 Learning and Memory

Recomended or Required Reading

Beatty, J. (2001). The Human Brain: Essentials of Behavioral Neuroscience. Thousand Oaks: CA, Sage Publishers.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Topics will be contentiously examined by instructor as a moderator and active participation of students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In total, three exams will be conducted. There will be open-ended questions in the levels of informantion, comprehension, analysis, interpretation and synthesis for all exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 2 20 40
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 2 6 12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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