800700 VO Biopsychology of Human Behaviour

winter semester 2024/2025 | Last update: 14.06.2024 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Office of the Vice Rector for Teaching and Students

Instructor:

Prof. Dr. Wulf Schiefenhövel

Course number:

800700

Title:

VO Biopsychology of Human Behaviour

Type/hours:

VO 2

ECTS credits:

2,5

Period:

weekly

Mode of repetition:

annually

Language of instruction:

English

Learning Outcome:

Foundations of human behaviour in cross-cultural perspective.

Contents:

among others

● sexuality, reproduction

● birth

● infant bonding and autonomy

● emotion, non-verbal communication

● language and cognition

● aggression and aggression control

● universals and cultural specificity

● acculturation

● evolutionary aspects of health psychology and medicine

Methods:

PPT-lecture with mostly own photos and films.

Assessment:

In the last week of the term the students have the chance to participate in a multiple choice exam about the contents of the lectures; two further dates will be offered.

Literature:

• Eibl-Eibesfeldt I. 1989: Human ethology

• chapter Sexuality, Reproduction and Birth by W. Schiefenhövel & W. Trevathan in:
Brüne & Schiefenhövel (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Medicine, 2019:
673-738

• Medicus G. 2017: Being Human [...]

• https://www.uibk.ac.at/psychologie/humanethologie/

Start:

to be announced

allocated to study field

Interdisciplinary and additional courses

Interdisciplinary courses

Interdisciplinary courses for Master's Programmes

Sustainable development goals

SDG 3 - Good health and well-being: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
SDG 4 - Quality education: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
SDG 5 - Gender equality: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
SDG 10 - Reducing inequalities: Reduce income inequality within and among countries.
SDG 16 - Peace, justice and strong institutions: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
SDG 17 - Partnerships for the goals: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

Dates

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Date	Time	Location
Fri 2025-01-10	12.00 - 18.00	4U102b 4U102b	Barrier-free Induction loops for hearing impaired
Sat 2025-01-11	09.00 - 17.30	4U102b 4U102b	Barrier-free Induction loops for hearing impaired
Sat 2025-01-18	09.00 - 17.30	4U102b 4U102b	Barrier-free Induction loops for hearing impaired
Thu 2025-01-30	17.15 - 18.45	Hörsaal 5 Hörsaal 5	Barrier-free	Prüfungstermin

Booking

Group	Booking period
800700-0	2024-09-01 00:00 - 2025-01-31 23:59	Book course
	Schiefenhövel W.