ANUC1134 offers Diploma students similar learning outcomes to PSYC1004 in a highly supportive environment with extended hours for teaching and learning.

None of us, as human beings, function in isolation - we exist in a complex matrix of psychological and social interactions with others, and these interactions clearly shape the ways in which we behave in a myriad of circumstances. In some instances the link between our psycho-social environments and our behaviours is straight-forward and self-evident. Moreover brain processes and the biological constraints on behaviour are vital in discerning human behaviour and behavioural pathology. Often, the interactions between behaviour, brain and environment are not quite so simple, and this gives rise to some of the most fascinating questions in psychology. Heredity and behaviour - is behaviour hardwired, are people born bad? Phineas Gage lost the entire front of his brain: he survived but it changed his behaviour - what does brain damage tell us about brain function and human behaviour? In two minds - what happens to behaviour when the pathway between the two brain hemispheres is cut? Brain plasticity - can different parts of the brain assume new behavioural roles if other areas are damaged? How does group membership explain differences in individual behaviour? Understanding pathological behaviour. The unique psycho-social contexts in which we grow up and live has a profound influence on human behaviour and ANUC1134 explores that context in an attempt to answer these and many more questions. The course is structured around the areas of biological psychology, social psychology and personality, though it attempts to integrate these so far as possible to address our basic understanding about how people behave and feel in the complex and dynamic world around them.