C81BIO Biological Psychology

Number of Credits

Module Catalogue Description

This module will introduce: the structure and functioning of the brain; the neuroscientific basis of cognition, perception and emotion; and evolutionary and genetic approaches to psychology.

Module Staff

Role	Staff Member	Email
Module Convenor	Dr Jasper Robinson	jasper.robinson@nottingham.ac.uk
Teaching Staff	Dr Harriet Allen	h.a.allen@nottingham.ac.uk
Teaching Staff	Dr Tobias Bast	tobias.bast@nottingham.ac.uk
Teaching Staff	Dr Mark Haselgrove	mark.haselgrove@nottingham.ac.uk
Teaching Staff	Dr Helen Cassaday	helen.cassaday@nottingham.ac.uk
Teaching Staff	Dr Antonia Hamilton	antonia.hamilton@nottingham.ac.uk
Teaching Staff	Dr Paula Moran	paula.moran@nottingham.ac.uk

Lecture Materials

Lecturers' slides (Powerpoint or PDF) are on WebCT.

Lecturers & Their Topics

Download from Dropbox

Reading

A copy of The Physiology of Behaviour , by N.R. Carlson will be useful for this modules, for C82NAB and, perhaps useful for some Year 3 modules. If you buy a book for this module, it's probably the best all round choice.

Method of Class Teaching and Assessment

See Module Catalogue

Sample Exam Questions

Past exam papers are not available for this course. However, you can find guidance on multiple choice questions on webCT as well as url for a site where you can practice these kinds of questions related to material your Carlson textbook

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

I hope you will find all the information you need here in your lectures. But if we've missed something, feel free to ask a question in the C81BIO wiki.

https://apsyc.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/users/jwr/weblog/42a06/ (you may receive a certificate error when accessing this site.)

School of Psychology

University Park
The University of Nottingham
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 5361
fax: +44 (0) 115 951 5324
email: psychology-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk