| Date | Topic | Required Reading (Quizzable) | Lecture Slides | Extras (Not required unless indicated) |
| July 2 (Tuesday) | Introduction to the Course | No Quiz Today In-class reading Text (read thru pg 21) |
Slides |
Oxytocin Study Extra Credit (due night of 7/8) |
| July 4 (Thursday) | Holiday -- No class |
|
||
| July 9 (Tuesday) | Basics and Significance: Environment Hormones and Receptors |
Endocrine Disruptors | Slides | Short piece on BPA Extra Credit 2(due 7/14) |
| Text (not quizzable) |
||||
| July 11 (Thursday) | Sexual Differentiation In-class video |
Intersex FAQ read links from this page and from "Intersex Conditions" subpage (quizzable) |
Slides | Extra Credit 3(due 7/15) |
| Text (not quizzable) |
July 16 (Tuesday) | Organizational and Activational Effects | Text (not quizzable) |
Slides |
| July 18 (Thursday) |
Neuroendocrine methods Org/Act examples from the scientific literature |
Article (quizzable) Text (read 21 to end) |
Slides |
Article guide |
| July 23 (Tuesday) |
Midterm Exam (25%) Lecture on X |
Slides |
What to expect on exam |
|
| July 25 (Thursday) |
Target article 1 Target article 2 |
For skimming and extra credit assignment: Category A Pill and mate choice Hormone replacement and cognition Oxytocin and social bonding Category B Pubertal hormones Affiliation in animals Steroid Addiction |
Slides |
Extra Credit 4(due 7/25) |
| July 30 (Tuesday) |
Presentations -- Human Subjects |
Slides1 Slides2 Slides3 Slides4 Slides5 Slides6 Slides7 Slides8 |
||
| Aug 1 (Thursday) |
Presentations -- Animal Subjects |
Slides1 Slides2 Slides3 Slides4 Slides5 Slides6 Slides7 Slides8 Slides9 |
||
| Aug 3 (Saturday) |
FINAL 3-4:30 pm |
course info
Hormones and Behavior
Psychology 132 (4 credit units) - Summer Session I 2013
CENTR 205 Tuesday , Thursday 2 - 4:50
syllabus
Course Syllabusoffice hours
Michael Gorman
mgorman@ucsd.edu
Tuesdays 5p-6p | McGill 5133