Includes physical, language, cognitive, and social functioning. July 23-August 17. Application of behavioral genetic principles to and the integration of genetic and socio-environmental research and child adjustment in the family system. Psy 302, 303. Explores how people decide to blame others for negative acts.
Covers blame theories, how fear and dislike motivate blame, and strategies to decrease blame.
Mechanisms and properties of psychotropic medications for treating psychological disorders, interactions, indications, and contraindications as well as the effects of psychoactive drugs. Psy 201 or instructor's consent. Concepts of consciousness and a unitary self investigated from a neuro-psychological point of view through the study of clinical dissociations. Psy 201 or instructor's consent. Processes underlying learning and memory, including evolution.