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Why Do We Behave the Way we Shouldn't?: The Biological and Psychological Background of Human Behavior

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2025-2026

Lehrbeauftragte/r

Semesterwochenstunden

Vorlesungen: 0

Praktika: 0

Seminare: 12

Insgesamt: 12

Fachangaben

  • Kode des Kurses: OAF-MBP-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • autumn
Voraussetzungen:

keine

Zahl der Kursteilnehmer für den Kurs:

min. 5 – max. 20

Erreichbar als Campus-Kurs für . Campus-karok: ÁOK BTK GYTK KTK MK TTK

Thematik

Understanding the biology (and psychology) of human behaviors is obviously important. But unfortunately it is hellishly complicated. Now, if you were interested in the biology of, say, how migrating birds navigate, or in the mating reflex that occurs in female hamsters when they’re ovulating, this would be an easier task. But that’s not what we’re interested in. Instead, it’s human behavior, human social behavior, and in many cases abnormal human social behavior. And it is indeed a mess, a subject involving brain chemistry and functions, hormones, sensory cues, prenatal environment, early experiences, genes, both biological and cultural evolution, and (of course) mental functions such as cognition-emotions-intelligence. How can we make sense of all these factors in thinking about behavior? Well, we can not, but at least we can try…

Vorlesungen

Praktika

Seminare

  • 1.

    Introduction: what is this about?

    - Darnai Gergely
  • 2.

    Defining human behaviour

    - Darnai Gergely
  • 3.

    Neuroscientific background I.

    - Darnai Gergely
  • 4.

    Neuroscientific background II.

    - Darnai Gergely
  • 5.

    Behavioural genetics I.

    - Darnai Gergely
  • 6.

    Behavioural genetics II.

    - Darnai Gergely
  • 7.

    Endocrine background

    - Darnai Gergely
  • 8.

    Psychological mechanisms I.

    - Darnai Gergely
  • 9.

    Psychological mechanisms II.

    - Darnai Gergely
  • 10.

    Moral, political and religious beliefs

    - Darnai Gergely
  • 11.

    Sex - aggression - hierarchy

    - Darnai Gergely
  • 12.

    Justice system - free will - chaos

    - Darnai Gergely

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

Skript

Empfohlene Literatur

Robert M. Sapolsky: Behave The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Penguin Publishing Group, 2018)

Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

-

Semesteranforderungen

There are no mid-term exams.

Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

Absences may be compensated by a 2-page essay after consultation with the instructor.

Prüfungsfragen

The test will be in written form. The exam will consist of test questions (true/false, single and multiple choice) and short essay questions (a few words/sentences to explain the answer).

Prüfer

  • Darnai Gergely

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen

  • Darnai Gergely
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