PSA_001 Biology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
3/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Bc. Eva Závodná, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Tyrlík, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Timetable
Thu 7:30–9:55 zruseno D21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course will provide students with a general introduction to the underlying biological principles and mechanisms which give rise to complex human cognitive and emotional behavior. Topics to be covered include: the anatomical structure of nerve cells and how they communicate, properties of brain organization and function, processing in sensory and motor systems, and neural and hormonal influences on health and emotion. This course will focus on how emerging methods and approaches are beginning to make it possible for psychologists
Syllabus
  • Biology - Thematic Blocks /Unless otherwise stated, pages of the basic scriptum are given: J. Šmarda - Základy biologie a anatomie pro studující psychologie, 4th ed. 1999/ 1. Life and living systems /6-10/ 2. The simplest forms of life /38-39/ 3. Principles of cell organizatoin /40-47/ 4. Biological polymers /12-30/ 5. Metabolism of substances and of energy /31-33/ 6. Irritability of cell /48-49/ 7. Origin of life and of cell /Biologické listy 58, 1993: 227-231/ 8. Evolution of Man /93-103/ 9. Reproduction /58-62/ 10. Basic terms of genetics /63-65/ 11. Life and information /66-72/ 12. Genes and reproduction thereof /73-80/ 13. Chro-mosomes and vertical transfer of genes /51-55/ 14. Horizontal transfer of genes /56/ 15. Genetic engineering /57/ 16. Genome of Man /78-81/ 17. Participation of genome on the origin of somatic markers /82-87/ 18. Participation of genome on the origin of psychic markers /88-90/ 19. Genetics of populations /75-77/ 20. Hereditarity of Diseases /J. Šmarda:Člověk v proudu dědičnosti 99- 107/ 21. Organ systems of Man /107-154/:Bones and muscles , Skin, Inner medium of the organism, Circuit, Breathing, Digestion, Excretory, Reproductive, Integration systems /155-182/: Endocrine glands, Sensouus systems, Nervous system, Evolution of the nervous system /183-186/
Literature
  • Šmarda, Jan.Biologie pro psychology. Praha : Portál, 2004. od s. 13-21, 8 s. ISBN 80-7178-924-0.
  • ŠMARDA, Jan. Základy biologie a anatomie pro studující psychologie. 4. vyd. 1. dotisk. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Brno, 2002. info
  • NEČAS, Oldřich, Augustin SVOBODA, Milan HEJTMÁNEK, Roman JANISCH, Miroslav ČERVINKA, Karel LENHART and Zdeněk KOLÁŘ. Obecná biologie pro lékařské fakulty (General Biology for Medical Faculties). 3. přepracované, v H+H 1. Jinočany: H+H, 2000, 554 pp. ISBN 80-86022-46-3. info
  • ALBERTS, Bruce. Základy buněčné biologie :úvod do molekulární biologie buňky. 1. vyd. Ústí nad Labem: Espero, 1999, xxvi, 630. ISBN 80-902906-0-4. info
  • BENEŠ, Jan. Člověk (Human). 1st ed. Praha: Mladá Fronta, 1994, 343 pp. ISBN 80-204-0460-0. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Závěrečná zkouška má ústní a písemnou část.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Spring 1999, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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