Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2502443 Psychology | OT | 4 | 1 |
Previous basic knowledge in Psychobiology is advisable
This course is aimed at students who already have a previous training in psychobiology. We study the phylogenetic evolution of the nervous system and its relationship with the cognitive processes that make possible human intelligence. Unlike the classic Physiological Psychology which focuses on how these processes are possible, the present course focuses on why cognitive processes have evolved and have acquired certain characteristics. The course pays special attention to the higher mental activities, such as awareness and self-awareness, the rational control of behaviour, decisions making, planning the future, intuition and creativity. Many of the subject topics dial also with sexual and gender differences.
Basic concepts of intelligence and evolution of living beings.
Heredability of intelligence.
Hominids evolution.
Evolution of the brain and the main cognitive capabilities.
Evolution and human behavior: natural selection and sexual selection.
Psychobiology of consciousness.
Lecturing by the course teacher
Presentations and discussions in class by the students on specific issues of the course.
An individual written report in which the students answer to a series of questions on the different topics of the program.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lecturing by the course teacher | 36 | 1.44 | 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 8, 11 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Presentations and discussions in class by the students on specific issues of the course. | 11.5 | 0.46 | 1, 5 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Individual written report in which the students must answer to a series of questions on the different topics of the program. | 100 | 4 | 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 8, 11 |
The evaluation of the course consists of 3 evidences of learning:
1. Individual written examination on basic concepts of the subject (weight: 30%) (October 9th)
2. Group of students: Oral presentation (15 minutes) of a subject related to the program of the course (weight: 30%) (November 19th and 20th)
3. Individual oral examination on the set of themes of the course in which the student has to present and can consult his or her written report of responses on the different topics of the program (weight 40%) (During November, starting 12th)
Students that make only the two first evidences of learning will have 4,5 as a maximum final mark.
Students with a final mark lower than 5 will have the possibility of a new oral exam to try to overcome the previous deficit. The final mark of the subject will be the one of this exam.
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Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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1. Individual oral examination on the set of themes of the course in which the student has to present and can consult his or her written report of responses on the different topics of the program (October 9th) | 30 % | 2 | 0.08 | 7, 8 |
2. Group of students: Oral presentation (15 minutes) of a subject related to the program of the course (November 19th and 20th) | 20% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 4, 9, 11 |
3. Individual written examination on basic concepts of the subject (During November, starting 12th) | 50% | 0.5 | 0.02 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6, 9, 8, 10, 11 |
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