Nature, Nurture and Behaviour

3 cr · Undergraduate

This course provides an overview of behavioural genetics. It will introduce students to the basic principles of Mendelian, population, and quantitative genetics, as well as how they are used for the study of neuro-behavioural phenotypes, characteristics and traits in human, animal and insect systems, and how genes contribute to behaviour. Societal and ethical implications of the results of behavioural genetics are considered. Students may not hold credit for both PSYC 3380 and PSYC 3530 when titled "Nature, Nurture, and Behaviour."