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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK |
Psychology 440/813
HORMONES
& BEHAVIOR
Fall
2009 |
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Dr. Mark B. Kristal
B71
Park Hall
645-0262
(please do not leave a request for
a call-back)
kristal@buffalo.edu
Class time: Tuesdays 9:00 - 11:50, Baldy 125
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:00-1:00,
Fridays, 12:00-1:00, and by
appointment
texts (undergrads):
Holt & Hanley, Essential
Endocrinology
and Diabetes, 5/e. New York: Blackwell, 2006.
Neave, Hormones and Behaviour,
New York: Cambridge, 2008.
texts (grads):
The
above two + Pfaff,
Phillips & Rubin, Principles of Hormone/Behavior Relations,
New York: Elsevier, 2004.
prerequisite for undergraduates: PSY 351
(Biopsychology) or P.I.
prerequisite for
graduates:
PSY 513 or P.I.
Other than this
page and the linked Lecture and Topic Schedule, all other information
will be on our UB Learns site.
Check the
UPDATE page on our UB Learns site frequently. The other
pages will not change during the semester - all changes, announcements,
and schedules, will be regularly posted on the UPDATE page.
The
first portion of the semester will be devoted to lectures and
discussions
about basic endocrinology. The remainder of the classes will consist of
lectures and discussions on behavioral endocrinology, with
presentations by graduate students on particular behaviors.
Undergraduates and graduate students will have a
midterm; undergads will also have a final, and we may have pop quizzes
should I determine that the
students are not doing the readings or paying particular
attention. The test dates will be on the "Lecture and Topics
Schedule" webpage. The tests will be primarily objective in format
(multiple choice,
fill-in, short answer, label or create diagrams, etc.) but may contain
one or two short essays. No dictionaries will be allowed at
exams. Academic dishonesty will be dealt with to the fullest extent
allowed by the Board of Trustees Policies. The midtern will count 25%
of the grade; the final will count 50% of the grade. The remaining 25%
will be accounted for by class and presentation (see below)
participation and pop quizzes. You
must provide documentation for a missed scheduled exam. A make-up
essay exam will be scheduled as soon as possible. An "I" grade
will not be used to compensate for a poor letter grade. "I"
grades must be requested from and discussed in advance with me.
Graduate students will also have to submit a term paper consiting of an
experimental proposal (Introduction/background, Methods,
Expected/Unexpected Results and Interpretation) investigating the
effect of a hormonal manipulation on a behavior. The topic will have to
be cleared with me by the end of Ocober. That will make up 33% of the
grade. A 30-50-min presentation (depending on class size) on the
hormonal basis of a behavior will
make up an additional 33%. The Midterm and class participation will be
the remaining
30% (20% midterm, 10% class participation).
Presentation: each topic will be presented by a team made up of both
grad and undergrad students, but the grad student will have primary
responsibility (the undergrad portion should not exceed more than 30%
of the whole presentation). The topic will be the role of hormones in
intitiating, modifying or controlling some behavior (e.g., sex,
parental behavior, feeding, drinking, learning, aggression, etc.) The
teams and topics will have to be approved by me no later than October
9. For undergrads, the presentation will be part of the 25% of the
grade made up by pop quizzes, class participation, and the presentation
(at least 15% of the grade for the presentation alone). For grads, the
presentation will count 33% of the final grade.
You will be expected to keep up to date with the "Update Page"
webpage, and
e-mail answers to me to any queries I pose on the Update Page.
Special arrangements for disabilities will be made in consultation with
the Office of Disability Services, with whom the student must be
registered as a student with a disability.
LECTURE AND TOPIC SCHEDULE