AZA2015 Biological and cognitive psychology

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Describe the physiological mechanisms of the brain and the nervous system;

2. 2

   Conceptualise the brain structures and their respective functions in cognitive processing and regulatory functions;

3. 3

   Distinguish the role of the neurotransmitters and hormones in the nervous system, brain and the rest of the body;

4. 4

   Understand and examine the structure and operation of the cognitive functions (i.e., memory, language, reasoning and attention);

5. 5

   Describe and conceptually integrate the neuroanatomical and neurophysiological mechanisms that underlie both the typical and atypical occurrence of the core cognitive functions;

6. 6

   Demonstrate advanced skills in critical analysis and report/essay writing.