Biopsychology
C-PSY-03: BIO PSYCHOLOGY
Objectives:
To explore the biological basis of experience and behaviour.
To develop an understanding of the influence of behaviour, cognition, and the environment on
bodily system.
To develop an appreciation of the neurobiological basis of psychological function and dysfunction.
Unit 1: Introduction to biopsychology: Nature and scope; Methods and ethics in biopsychology;
Divisions of biopsychology.
Unit 2: The Functioning brain: Structure and functions of neurons; Neural conduction and synaptic
transmission.
Unit 3: Organization of Nervous system: CNS & PNS: Structure and functions. Functional abnormalities
of neurotransmitters: dopamine and serotonin hypothesis. Neuroplasticity of Brain (neural degeneration,
neural regeneration, and neural reorganization).
Unit 4: Neuroendocrine system: Structure, functions and abnormalities of major glands: Thyroid,
Adrenal, Gonads, Pituitary, Pancreas and Pineal
