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Behavioral genetics and epigenetics

ОНД.06

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2023/2024

2 Semester

3

LO 4. Make a psychological prognosis for the development of individuals, groups, organizations. LO 6. Develop educational materials and educational programs, implement them, receive feedback, evaluate quality. LO 11. Evaluate achievements and determine and argue the prospects of their own scientific work.

Full-time form

1. Know the basics of general psychology, psychogenetics, CNS anatomy and physiology of HNA, evolutionary psychology. 2. Have the skills of scientific research, search, processing and analysis of information from various sources, the use of information and communication technologies.

The purpose of the discipline is to master topical theories of behavioral genetics and epigenetics, to learn how to develop the design of interdisciplinary research in the field of behavioral genetics, behavioral epigenetics and psychogenetics. Mastering the discipline forms the readiness for independent research activities in the field of behavioral genetics, epigenetic studies of mental phenomena, psychogenetics of individual differences. Interdisciplinary genetic studies of behavior and the study of the effects of epigenetics on brain functioning are an actual developmental area for modern academic psychology. Heredity is an important factor that forms not only cognitive mental processes, but also affects the development of personality.

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Lecture, seminar, Individual work

Oral reports, discussion, presentation, final control work. Semester assessment: answers and additions are evaluated at seminar classes. Evaluation of the written task on topics 1-4: RN1.1; RN1.2; RN2.1 – 10/6 points. Evaluation of the written task on topics 5-11: RN1.1; PH2.1; RN2.2 –10/6 points. Evaluation of participation in the discussion at seminars: RN1.1; RN1.2; RN1.3; PH2.1 – 20/12. Assessment of the quality of tasks at seminars: RN1.1; PH.2.1; PH2.2; PH2.3 – 20/12. The minimum score required for admission to the exam is 36 points, the maximum for the semester is 60 points. The form of control is an exam. The minimum score on the exam is 24, the maximum is 40 points.

Ukrainian