PSYC 412 - Behavioral Pharmacology II

4 credits
3 lecture hours. 3 lab hours.

This course is designed to integrate students’ knowledge of research methods (PSYC 108), principles of learning (PSYC 300), and that attained in the introduction to behavioral pharmacology (PSYC 312) by conducting experiments in the Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory. Students will learn to conduct experiments using an operant conditioning paradigm and an animal model to study the subjective effects of abused substances (street drugs). They will generate data to determine such measures as learning and dose-effects curves and time-effect analyses.

Prerequisite(s) PSYC 101 or PSYC 111, PSYC 108, PSYC 300, PSYC 312 and MATH 113 or higher completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)