Neurosciences and Deviant Behaviour

Code:

P706

Acronym:

NCD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Behavior Biology

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	28	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. To identify the main deviant behavior psychobiological factors and understanding their interactions with similar and different factors.
2. To search, to review and to develop critical understanding, concerning to the main literature about deviant behavior in the neurosciences framework.
3. Selection, interpretation, synthesis, and communication of the results obtained by means of bibliographic reviews concerning the main psychobiological factors involved in the deviant behavior.

Program

- Genetics and phylogenetics of the deviant behavior
- Humoral factors involved in the deviant behavior
- Neuropsychophysiology of the deviant behavior
- Neuropsychology of the deviant behavior

Mandatory literature

Teixeira João Eduardo Marques Teixeira; Toxicodependência e auto-organização. ISBN: 972-9295-25-5
Brochu Serge 340; Drugs and crime deviant pathways. ISBN: 0-7546-3023-4
Agra Cândido; Trajectórias desviantes. ISBN: 972-9345-40-6
Agra Cândido da; Dizer a droga, ouvir as drogas
Agra Cândido; Biopsicossociologia do comportamento desviante
Teixeira João Marques; Comportamento criminal. ISBN: 972-8652-00-3
Teixeira J. Marques; Processos psicofisiológicos em consumidores de droga e deliquentes. ISBN: 972-9345-38-4

Complementary Bibliography

Teixeira João Marques; Anatomia funcional do sistema nervoso

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures for big and small groups. Individual reviews of the main themes.

keywords

Health sciences > Neuroscience > Neurobiology
Social sciences > Criminology
Health sciences > Neuroscience > Neuropsychology
Health sciences > Neuroscience > Neurochemistry

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	88,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

NA

Calculation formula of final grade

Resulting from an individual review paper, elaborated along the semester and classified from 0 to 20 points.

Examinations or Special Assignments

NA

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

NA

Classification improvement

Presenting a new paper in the same or in the following year.