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Psych_Course Outline_Spring 2021

13 Apr 2021

• Understand the roles that hormones play in our behaviour • Apply your knowledge of neurotransmitters to form hypotheses about drug actions • Know the key terminology associated with the structure and organization of the nervous system • Understand how studies of split-brain patients reveal the workings of the brain • Apply your knowledge of brain regions to predict which abilities might be affec. [...] Sensation and Perception and Consciousness, Chapters 4 and 5 in Krause 
 By the end of this tutorial, students should: • Understand the difference between sensation and perception, and what the terms stim- ulus threshold and signal detection theory mean. [...] • Understand how visual information travels from the eye through the brain to give us the experience of sight, and how the structure of the eye allows this functional transforma- tion to be communicated to the brain • Understand the theories of colour vision. [...] 
 Tutorial 4, Date: June 1 2021 Thought and Language and Lifespan Development, Chapters 8 and 10 in Krause By the end of Tutorial 4 you will be able to: • Define and understand concepts and categories involved in thought • How knowledge is organized, and how culture and experience shape this knowledge • Understanding how knowledge is involved in thoughts but can be distinct from clear thought • La. [...] Chapters 11 and 13 in Krause By the end of Tutorial 5, you will be able to: • Understand motivation and hunger • Know and understand the biological, cognitive and social processes that shape eating patterns • Apply your knowledge of hunger to evaluate your own eating patterns • Understand sexuality, sex drive and the social aspects of sexuality • Understand and apply love, belonging, and motivatio.
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