Behavioral genetics and epigenetics

Course: Neuropsychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Behavioral genetics and epigenetics
Code
ОНД.06
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
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
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.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
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.
Course content
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.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
3. Malysheva K., Lytvyn S. Neiropsykholohichnyi analiz pryrody neirotyzmu: svidchennia na koryst heterohennosti konstrukta //PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNAL. – 2021. – T. 7. – №. 9. – S. 23-35. [in Ukrainian]. 5. Knopik V. S. et al. Behavioral genetics. – Worth Publishers, Macmillan Learning, 2017. 6. Park C. et al. Stress, epigenetics and depression: a systematic review //Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. – 2019. – T. 102. – S. 139-152. 7. Plomin R. et al. Top 10 replicated findings from behavioral genetics //Perspectives on psychological science. – 2016. – T. 11. – №. 1. – S. 3-23.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, Individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
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.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Karine Olehivna Malysheva
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Sergiy Vitaliiovych Lytvyn
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology