Psychology%20181%20Dr.%20Anagnostaras%20Drugs%20and%20Behavior%20Winter%202008%20UCSD

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Psychology 181Dr. AnagnostarasDrugs and
BehaviorWinter 2008UCSD
http//web.mac.com/sanagnos/Courses/Psyc181.html
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Psychology 181 Drugs Behavior

• Instructor Stephan Anagnostaras
• Office 2503 Mandler Hall (McGill Annex)
• Tue 1230-130 pm or by appt
• Course email ucsdpsyc181_at_gmail.com

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Psychology 181 Drugs Behavior

• Teaching Assistants
• Graduate
• Laura Mickes (lmickes_at_ucsd.edu) Office hours Thu
  1230 - 130 pm McGill Hall 4321
• Tristan Shuman (tshuman_at_ucsd.edu) Office hours
  Wed 4 - 5 pm McGill 3334
• Undergraduate
• Emily Johnson (emjohnso_at_ucsd.edu) Office hours
  Wed 10 - 11 am, McGill 4321
• Yvonne Kwan (ykwan_at_ucsd.edu) Office hours Tue
  330 - 430 pm, Café Espresso Roma (Price Ctr)
• Marisa Wagner (mwagner_at_ucsd.edu) Office hours
  Tue 10 - 11 am, Café Espresso Roma (Price Ctr)
• AS Lecture Note Taker Lindsey Ong
  (liong_at_ucsd.edu) only with specific issues
  related to AS lecture notes

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Psychology 181 Drugs Behavior

• Optional Text Psychopharmacology Drugs, the
  Brain and Behavior by Meyer Quenzer, 2004

Reading assignments are by chapter on the syllabus
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Neuropsychopharmacology

• Highly interdisciplinary field
• pharmacology
• behavioral neuroscience
• abnormal psychology and psychiatry
• Most prescription drugs are psychotherapeutics
• Big money involved
•  Very highly political
• Lines between addictive drugs and prescribed
  drugs often vague

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Should you be here?

• Prerequisites
• Introductory Biopsychology or Neuroscience and
  an interest in biological explanations of
  brain-behavior relationsIntroductory Biology
  and/or Chemistry helpful, not required

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Powerpoint lecture outlines

• Available on our webpage
• http//web.mac.com/sanagnos/Courses/Psyc181.html
• Print Powerpoint files (3 slides/page)
• and bring notes to lecture or use the
• pdf files
• Grades and announcements will be on the course
  blog page

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Readings

• Follow reading assignments on syllabus as an
  adjunct to lecture
• You will be tested only on Lectures
• The optional book is a study aid only

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Exams and Grading

• Four exams
• Jan 24, Midterm 1, 40 multiple choice
  noncumulative
• Feb 12, Midterm 2, 40 multiple choice
  noncumulative
• Feb 28, Midterm 3, 40 multiple choice
  noncumulative
• March 20, 3 6 pm, Final Exam, 80 points 30
  noncumulative, and 25 cumulative worth 2 points
  each
• Sample questions and review sheets will be on the
  website

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Extra Credit

• (1) http//experimetrix2.com/ucsd/
• Up to 3 experiments for 2 points each.
• (2) Major project
• Must earn A or better on Exam 1.
• Groups of up to 3
• Produce a video (15 min) or survey.
• Present for 15 min on the last day of class.
• Must be approved by instructor.
• Worth up to a full letter grade.

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Bring one of these and a 2 pencil to each exam
(buy 2 now)
PINK PARSCORE FORM FROM THE BOOKSTORE
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Lecture Topic Schedule

• 1. History and Introduction to Psychopharmacol
  ogy
• 2. Introduction to Synaptic Transmission
• 3. Neuropsychopharmacology of Selected Drugs
  and Therapeutic Strategies for Selected
  Disorders
• 4. Theories of Addiction

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