Spring 2020 - PSYC 381 D100

Behavioral Endocrinology (3)

Class Number: 7574

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2020: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 21, 2020
    Tue, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    PSYC 201 and 280.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Examines the ways in which hormones influence the nervous system, regulating essential behaviors such as eating, drinking, sex, parenting, sleep, emotional behavior and cognitive processes.

COURSE DETAILS:

Many fundamental behaviours are controlled by the body's hormonal systems. This course will provide a survey of behavioural endocrinology, touching on topics including sexual differentiation, male and female sexual behaviour, parental behaviour, eating and drinking, aggression, learning, mood, and other topics.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

By the end of the course, students should have a sound understanding of the roles of ways in which the hormonal systems of the body influence the nervous system to direct and coordinate behaviour in adaptive ways, including the cellular actions of hormones in the brain, the permanent developmental roles of steroid hormones during critical periods of neural organization, and the transient effects of fluctations in varying peptides and steroids on diverse behaviors in adulthood.

Grading

  • Mid-Term Exam: 40%
  • Term Paper/Project: 15%
  • Final Exam: 45%

NOTES:

The criteria for the determination of letter grades in this course will be presented during the first week of lectures.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Nelson, R.J., and Kriegsfeld, L.J. (2018). An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology (5th Ed.). New York: Sinauer / Oxford University Press.

Registrar Notes:

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