PSYC 2002 - Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll

Credits: 1
Hours/Week: Lecture 1Lab None
Course Description: What is the biopsychology of desire? How does the brain regulate and influence experiences of motivation, emotion, reward, and pleasure? This course presents an introduction to the brain’s role in mental and behavioral processes that involve motivation, sex, drug addiction, music, and emotions. The focus is on how the brain and nervous system contribute to and influence psychological functioning, both normal and pathological, in ways that are related to cravings and desires, such as sex, motivation, music, and emotion.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science

Prerequisite(s): Assessment score placement in RDNG 1000 or completion of RDNG 0900 or RDNG 0950 with grade of C or higher. Restriction:
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: PSYC 1020

Major Content

Basic brain anatomy and physiology
Body motivations such as hunger and thirst
Drug addiction and chemical dependency: How psychoactive substances affect the brain
The biopsychology of emotion
The biopsychology of sex
The brain’s response to music

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

describe the basic foundations of brain anatomy and physiology.
identify the fundamental biological factors involved in homeostatic motivational systems such as thirst and hunger.
describe the basic bio-psychological principles of sexual differentiation, behavior, and response.
identify the fundamental areas of the brain that are sexually differentiated.
list several psychoactive drugs and describe their affects on brain functioning and physiology.
identify significant brain responses to the basic characteristics of music.
describe the brain pathways and anatomical areas related to emotions.

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PSYC 2002 - Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll