Basic course of psychogenetics

Course: Political Psychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Basic course of psychogenetics
Code
ОНД.22
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO2. Understanding of the patterns and features of development and functioning mental phenomena in the context of professional tasks; PLO3. Searching for information from various sources, including using information and communication technologies to solve professional problems; PLO7. Reflect and critically evaluate the reliability of the results of psychological research, formulate reasoned conclusions.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Knowledge of biology and genetics within the general school course. 2. Knowledge of the theoretical foundations of the functioning of the psyche, patterns and mechanisms of personality formation. 3. Possession of basic skills of scientific research, search, processing and analysis of information from various sources, the use of information and communication technologies.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is the ability of students to analyze the genetic determinants of human behavior, to have an idea of their interaction with social and psychological factors. The content of the course is revealed in two modules. The first module outlines the basics of psychogenetics - a science that studies the contribution of heredity and environment in the formation of mental and psychophysiological qualities of man. Genetic mechanisms of inheritance, methods of psychogenetic research, classification of hereditary pathology and types of "genotype-environment" interaction are studied in detail. The second module is devoted to the review of current research on the role of hereditary factors and environmental factors in the variability of psychological and psychophysiological features. The issues of psychogenetics of intellectual abilities, sexual behavior, mental disorders, etc. are considered separately.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Svaab D. Mi – ce nash mozok. – Harkiv, 2017. – 495s. Rajh D. Hto mi taki? Pohodzhennya lyudini kriz prizmu DNK. – K., 2019. – 367s. Ridli M. Chervona koroleva. Stateve rozmnozhennya ta evolyuciya prirodi lyudini. – K., 2021. – 400s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Training is conducted in the form of lectures and seminars; the program provides independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Semester assessment: answers to seminars, modular written works, general final survey / test. The test is set based on the results of the student's work throughout the semester. The final grade consists of the sum of the semester number of points and the final test. Maximum grade: the student fully owns the study material, freely and argumentatively teaches it, deeply and comprehensively reveals the content of the task, correctly interprets the results, uses required and additional literature, demonstrates independence, reliability of data in the work Minimum grade: the student does not fully possess the material, teaches it in fragments and superficially, does not sufficiently disclose the content of the questions. Has significant errors in the work. Demonstrates independence in performing tasks.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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