Graduate Handbook 2023-2024

PSY 5003 Biological Basis of Behavior

The physiological basis of human behaviors and mental processes. A biological approach to  understanding human behavior includes the study of biological events at the genetic, neural, and  endocrine levels that are the foundation for thinking, emotions, and behavior. Focus is on the  biological basis and processes found in human emotional responses, mental psychopathology,  sexual behaviors, memory, consciousness, sensory perceptional processes, thought and  language, and neurological disorders.