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Dec 21, 2024
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Academic Bulletin 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PSYCH 557 - Junior Seminar: Behavioral Mechanisms of Drug Action
Credits: 4
A study of the various behavioral and environmental mechanisms by which drugs and other substances may alter behavior. Students examine the actions of drugs from a behavior and analytic perspective. Specific topics include the factors involved in the initiation and maintenance of self-administered drugs. Moreover, the students examine the status of behavioral pharmacology in the area of neuroscience, in addition to ethical issues. Of primary concern is the examination of the development of a scientific analysis of the effects of drugs on human and nonhuman behavior.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 206 ; PSYCH 207 ; one of PSYCH 150 , PSYCH 152 or PSYCH 154 ; and permission of instructor.
Distribution Requirements: none.
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