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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Christine Ure.
Contact: A 2-hour lecture or seminar session each week
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- develop knowledge concerning the structure and localisation of function within the human nervous system;
- understand the hierarchal organisation within the nervous system and the neurological basis of behaviour and development; and
- appreciate ethological and genetic perspectives on human development, interaction and behaviour.
Content:
The examination of biological approaches to the study of human development and behaviour including neurological, ethological and genetic perspectives.
Assessment:
An essay of approximately 3,000 words (65 per cent); one fieldwork task equivalent to 1,000 words (20 per cent); and presentation of a 15-minute class paper equivalent to 600 words (15 per cent).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Kew Campus) (Volume 5 page 48)
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