Course Outcomes (COs):
Course Outcomes |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
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On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CO16: To understand the fundamental physiological processes, historical development and scientific methods underlying human behaviour. CO17: To understand the role of the nerve cell and central nervous system in governing human behaviour. CO18: To apply knowledge of basic physiological phenomena to daily events involving attending to stimuli, etc. CO19: To understand the fundamental physiological processes underlying human behaviour like attention, memory and sensory-perceptual processes. CO20: To understand the neuropsychological basis of the memory system. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
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· Zilmer, E.A., & Spears, M.V. (2001). Principles of Neuropsychology. Canada: Wadsworth.
· Barrett, L. (2011). Beyond the Brain: How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds. Princeton University Press. EISBN: 978-1-40083-834-9. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7rvqf
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· Finger, S. (1994). Origin of Neuroscience: A History of Explorations into Brain Function. NY: OUP.
· Pinel, J.P.J. (1997). Biopsychology. Bostan: Allyn and Bacon.
· Purves, D., Augustine, G.J., Fitspatric, D., Katz, L.C., LaMantia, A.S., & McNamara, J.O. (1997). Neuroscience. Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates.