Introduction to Biological Behavior Regulation Systems
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Behavior Biology |
Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The aim of this CU is to provide the basis of biological models of explanation of behavior, initiating students to the language of biological systems and critical analysis of the relationship between the biological system as a global concept and the environment, on the one hand, and the brain as the regulatory system of behavior adaptation to the environment, on the other.
Learning outcomes and competences
1. Openess to the different explanatory models of behavior, enphasizing neurobiological models
2. Handling the biological structure-function concepts and their organization in the human body .
3. Acquisition of the general biological explanatory rational of the behavior .
Working method
Presencial
Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)
None
Program
1. Key-concepts in biology:
a. Organism
b. Organism/system
2. Morphogenesis of the structures of the organism focused in the CNS:
a. Ontogenetic plan
b. Phylogenetic plan
3. Origin and evolucionary pathways of the brain:
a. From the emergence of the brain to the emergence of the mind.
4. General principles of the organization of the CNS:
a. Brain organization and behavior regulation.
b. The future of the brain: brain-computer interface.
Mandatory literature
Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson; Campbell Biology (10th Edition), Benjamin Cummings, 2013. ISBN: 978-0321775658
Teixeira, João Eduardo Marques; Toxicodependência e auto-organização, Piaget, 1993. ISBN: 972-9295-25-5 (Chapter II and III)
Teixeira, João Eduardo Marques; Manual da Disfunção Cognitiva na Prática Clínica, VVKA, Lda, 2012. ISBN: 978-972-8652-51-7
Rodrigues, Custódio; Motivação, Contraponto, 1998. ISBN: 972-646-104-9 (Chapeter I)
Comments from the literature
It will be disponible a Manual of the Discipline writen by the teacher.
Teaching methods and learning activities
1. Explanatory classes for big group
2. Discution of the key-concepts and other issues previously given to the students.
keywords
Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biology > Behavioural biology
Evaluation Type
Evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
designation |
Weight (%) |
Exame |
100,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
53,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
28,00 |
Total: |
81,00 |
Calculation formula of final grade
Obtaining 10 points in a multiple-response test for 20 points.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Following the established norms in the FPCE
Classification improvement
Following the established norms in the FPCE