Neuroethics and Ethnocultural Psychology

Course: Neuropsychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Neuroethics and Ethnocultural Psychology
Code
ОНД.14
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
LO1. To search, process and analyze professionally important knowledge from various sources using modern information and communication technologies. LO 6. Develop educational materials and educational programs, implement them, receive feedback, evaluate quality. LO 9. Solve ethical dilemmas based on the rule of law, ethical principles and universal values.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know the basics of general psychology, psychology of consciousness, CNS anatomy and physiology of HNA. 2. Have the 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 to master the current theories of neuroethics and ethnocultural psychology, to learn how to develop the design of interdisciplinary research in the field of neuroethics, ethnopsychology and cultural psychology. The assimilation of the discipline forms the readiness for independent research activities in the field of neuroethics, the influence of culture on the processes of neuroplasticity, ethnopsychology and psychology of culture. Culture is an important factor that forms not only cognitive mental processes, but also affects the development of personality.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Vaal, F. de. Moral bez relihii. Kharkiv: Klub simeinoho dozvillia, 2018, s. 243. 2. Danyliuk, I.V., Kurapov, A.O., & Yahiiaiev, I.I. Etnokulturna psykholohiia: istoriia ta suchasnist //Kyiv, ArtEk. – 2019. [in Ukrainian]. 3. Zimbardo F. Efekt Liutsyfera. Chomu khoroshi liudy chyniat zlo. – Yakaboo Publishing, 2017. [in Ukrainian]. 5. Chiao J. Y. et al. (ed.). The Oxford handbook of cultural neuroscience. – Oxford University Press, 2016. 6. Choudhury S., Slaby J. (ed.). Critical neuroscience: A handbook of the social and cultural contexts of neuroscience. - John Wiley & Sons, 2016. 7. Kitayama S., Varnum M. E. W., Salvador C. E. Cultural Neuroscience //Handbook of Cultural Psychology. - 2019. 8. Talhelm T. et al. Large-scale psychological differences within China explained by rice versus wheat agriculture //Science. – 2014. – Т. 344. – №. 6184. – С. 603-608.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, Individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral reports, discussion, presentation, analytical essay. Semester assessment: evaluated answers and additions at seminar classes, analytical essay. The score is formed as the sum of all points scored during the semester. Oral response – from 12 to 20 points. Supplements – from 6 to 10 points. Analytical essay – from 24 to 40 points. Organization of evaluation: 0-59 – not counted, 60-100 standings.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Sergiy Vitaliiovych Lytvyn
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Anton Oleksandrovych Kurapov
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Illia Ihorovych Yahiiaiev
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology