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Behavioral genetics for beginners

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Course ID:	2500-PL-PS-FO2
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Behavioral genetics for beginners
Name in Polish:	Genetyka zachowania dla początkujących
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Psychology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Fakultety ogólnoakademickie
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	Polish
Main fields of studies for MISMaP:	psychology
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	Facultative course, academic profile, a stationary, for the first- year students.
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The lecture program includes the presentation of the history of behavior genetics, its location among other disciplines, basic theoretical assumptions and methods of the study of genetic and environmental determinants of differences between individuals in terms of personality, abilities and psychopathology.
Bibliography:
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge. Student - Knows the key concept of behavior genetics, - Knows methods of behavior genetic research, - Explains the components of heritability coefficient, - Explains the environmental factors affecting behavior. Skills. Student - Knows how to analyze the results of behavior genetic research, - Identify constraints of behavior genetic research. Attitude. Student - Recognizes, what is the importance of behavior genetic research, - Keeps criticism of the behavior genetics research.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W WYK TH FR
Type of class:	Lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	(unknown)
Group instructors:	Włodzimierz Oniszczenko
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Lecture - Grading
Full description:	1. The "nature or nurture" controversy and its consequences. The emergence of behavior genetics. Brief description of the history of behavior genetics. Behavioral genetics and other scientific disciplines. Research approaches in behavior genetics. 2. Basic principles of behavior genetics. General characteristics of research methods. Twins and their role in the behavior genetic studies. Family studies and adoption method. 3. Genetic and environmental factors determining human behavior in normal and pathological conditions. 4. Genotype/environment interaction and correlation. 5. Linking evolutionary psychology and behavior genetics and its importance. 5. Methods of estimating the genetic influence on behavior. 6. The concept of heritability. 7. Heritability of personality traits. Heritability changes throughout life. 8. Heritability of intelligence. Wilson’s effect. 9. Heritability of mental disorders. 10. Heritability differences related to sex.
Bibliography:	Dragan, W.Ł. (2014). Temperament w pierwszym roku życia. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar (rozdziały 1-3). Oniszczenko, W. (2000). Elementy genetyki zachowania. W: J. Strelau (red.). Psychologia. Podręcznik akademicki (t.1, s. 205-226). Gdańsk: Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne. Pisula, W., Oniszczenko, W. (2008). Genetyka zachowania i psychologia ewolucyjna. W: J. Strelau, D. Doliński (red.). Psychologia. Podręcznik akademicki (t.1, s. 303 – 338). Gdańsk: Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne.

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