7420 (v.5) Behavioural Science 262
Area: | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Motivation, emotion, cognition, states of consciousness, applications to health and illness. Approaches to describing personality. Determinants of individual differences. Nature vs nurture. Theories of behavioural development and changes, applied behaviour analysis. Adjustment, stress, coping and defensive behaviour including reactions to hospital induced stress. Concepts of life crises. Techniques of stress management. |