PS_BB039 Psychophysiology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Bc. Eva Závodná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Irena Komendová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Friday 14:10–15:45 U36
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
At the end of the course Pschophysiology, students should be able to describe a structure and a function of human body functions in detail - from a cell level, across particular organs to a complex human organism and their relatioship to the psychic processes. Students should be able to give reasons how a phsyiologcal processes can change human’s behavior and vice versa.
Syllabus
  • Molecular genetics. Behavioral genetics.
  • Structural and functional organization of the body. Metabolism. Internal environment (homeostasis). Changes in homeostasis and its relationship to the psychophysiology.
  • Cardiovascular psychophysiology.
  • Psychoimmunology.
  • Respiratory psychophysiology
  • Kidney functions and its relationship to the psychophysiology.
  • Gastrointestinal psychophysiology.
  • Neuroendocrinology.Hormons and the psychophysiology.
  • Reproductive psychophysiology.
  • Skin physiology.Thermoregulation - an importance for psychophysiology.
Literature
  • Handbook of psychophysiology. Edited by John T. Cacioppo - Louis G. Tassinary - Gary G. Berntson. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, x, 898. ISBN 9780521844710. info
Teaching methods
Lessons are led in the form of lectures.
Assessment methods
The student write semestral project on a chosen topic in the field of psychophysiology in the range of about 10 pages.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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