Enrollment year
2022/2023
Academic discipline
M-PSI/08 (CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (27/02/2023 - 09/06/2023)
Lesson hours
18 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Elements of English language for the reading of the scientific articles and basics of statistics (variance, correlation)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will have learned:
what is meant by heritability; how to estimate genetic and environmental influences and to what extent mental disorders, cognitive capacity and psychological disorders are inheritable in developmental age; the impact of knowledge of genetics in understanding violent and criminal behavior.
Course contents
Introduction to behavioral genetics
The concept of heritability
How to estimate genetic and environmental influences.
Heritability of mental disorders and cognitive ability.
Heritability of Violent and Criminal Behavior.
Working group (inheritability of mental disorders, cognitive ability and antisocial behavior)
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Working group.
(Students are randomly assigned into groups. Members of each group are asked to carry out literature searches, read articles and present what they have learned)
Reccomended or required readings
Plomin R. et al. (trad. it. 2014) Genetica del comportamento
Raffaello Cortina
Assessment methods
Evaluation of group work exercises during the course.
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
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