Certificate of Biopsychology

Unit 1 – Nature and scope of biopsychology

• Research methods
• Neuroanatomical techniques
• Ethical considerations in psychology
• Mind-body effects
• External stimuli responses
• Effects from internal environment
• Metabolic products
• Eating behaviours
• Blood and lymph constituents
• Body and brain chemicals
• Chemical transmitters
• Dysfunction of body systems
• Psychological responses stimuli

Unit 2 – The senses

• Organisation of the sensory system
• Hierarchical organisation
• Perception
• Sensory perception
• Sensory organs
• Hearing and human cochlea
• Vison, smell and taste
• Touch and pain
• Theories of perception

Unit 3 – The nervous system

• Central nervous systems (CNS)
• The spinal cord
• The peripheral nervous system
• Cranial nerves
• The autonomic nervous system
• Nerve cells (neurones)
• Neurotransmitters
• Neurotransmitter disorders

Unit 4 – The endocrine system

• Endocrine glands of the body
• Hormones
• Adrenal and pituitary glands
• Sexual behaviour
• Sexual development
• The brain and sexual behaviour
• Sexual orientation
• Unusual sexual conditions

Unit 5 – Stress

• Signs of stress
• Psychological stress
• Good stress
• Sources of stress and responses
• Psychological responses
• Covert changes
• Gastrointestinal response
• Cardiovascular response
• Stress and the immune system
• Cell mediated immune responses
• Antibody mediated response
• Stress and infection
• Role of hippocampus
• Personality types and stress
• Physical relaxation

Unit 6 – Emotions

• Homeostasis
• Eating disorders
• Non-homeostatic behaviours
• Psychology of emotions
• Theories of emption
• Central neural theories
• Biological factors
• Emotional expression
• Aggression and fear
• Brain mechanisms in emotions
• Aggression theories

Unit 7 – Consciousness

• Awareness and attention
• Changes in consciousness
• Function of consciousness
• The brain and consciousness
• Disorders and consciousness
• Sleep deprivation
• Why do we sleep?
• Theories of dreaming

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If you do not achieve a competency result on your first attempt, you have two more attempts to pass your assessment. So, you have three attempts in total to obtain a competency result.

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The approximate study hours for this course is 100 hours. We offer twelve (12) months’ access, with extensions available upon application (fees apply).

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