Behavioral Genetics

Course Outline: (34 hours)

Contents:

1. Behavioral genetic analysis in animals- (drosophila melanogaster, mice, fish, deer, monkeys)

Simple patterns of inheritance of conditional behaviors, role of inheritance and environment, sexual-mental behaviors, application of animal methods and patterns in human assessments

2. Behaviors of behavioral genetics in human, normative and abnormal behaviors, evaluation and measurement of human behaviors

3. Classic methods- familial evaluations, evaluation of monozygotic and dizygotic twins

4. Mental retardation, sharpness

5. Intelligence, natural intelligence, differences between individuals in terms of classified intelligence, IQ and related evaluations

6. Personality and suitable behaviors, familial and twin evaluations

7. Behavioral disorders

8. Association between behaviors and chromosomal defects

9. Effects of hormones related to chromosomal defects

10. Activities of brain and nervous system, evaluations

11. Physiology and pathology of the nervous system

12. Various behaviors related to drug acceptance and abuse

13. Mental diseases

14. Ethical principles related to behaviors

15. Conclusion and summary of the content