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Overview

Psychology 402 examines the relationship between the brain and behaviour. The course explores the biological basis of behaviour, learning, memory, language, and thinking, as well as disorders that arise from nervous system malfunctioning.

Outline

• Unit 1: The Major Issues
• Unit 2: Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses
• Unit 3: Synapses
• Unit 4: Anatomy of the Nervous System
• Unit 5: Development and Plasticity of the Brain
• Unit 6: Vision
• Unit 7: The Other Sensory Systems
• Unit 8: Movement
• Unit 9: Wakefulness and Sleep
• Unit 10: Internal Regulation
• Unit 11: Reproductive Behaviours
• Unit 12: Emotional Behaviours
• Unit 13: The Biology of Learning and Memory
• Unit 14: Cognitive Functions
• Unit 15: Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia

Evaluation

To for PSYC 402, you must complete all of the course assignments, achieve a mark of at least 50 percent on the final examination, and at least for the course composite grade. The weighting of assignments is as follows:

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's .

Course Materials

Textbook

Other Materials

The online course materials include a student manual, workbook, and study guide. These can be accessed from the Moodle course page.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate
• Undergraduate

Challenge Evaluation

To for the PSYC 402 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least on the examination.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form