Neuroscience
To support our students in BSIC 105 the Department has developed a series 5-10-minute supplemental videos exploring some of the topics you learn in BSCI 105 and how they are related to familiar (and interesting) psychological phenomena.
In this module we take a look at how drugs affect the body and how addictions develop by exploring the structure and functions of the cell membrane.
Watch Drugs, Addictions, & Cell Membranes
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See quiz questions and answers
Textbook Chapters* to Refer to:
Ch. 2: The Chemical Context of Life
Ch. 7: Membrane Structure and Function
*Reece, J.B., Urry, LA., Cain, M.L., Wasserman, S.A., Minorsky, P.V., Jackson, R.B. (2011). Campbell Biology (9th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pearson Benjamin Cummings.
Goodenough, J.G., Wallace, R.A., McGuire B. (1998). Human Biology. Barrosse, E. (Ed.). Orlando, FL: Saunders College Publishing.
Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2007). Abnormal Psychology (4th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
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Neuroscience
BSCI 105 for PSYC Majors - Drugs, Addictions, & Cell Membranes
To support our students in BSIC 105 the Department has developed a series 5-10-minute supplemental videos exploring some of the topics you learn in BSCI 105 and how they are related to familiar (and interesting) psychological phenomena.In this module we take a look at how drugs affect the body and how addictions develop by exploring the structure and functions of the cell membrane.
Watch Drugs, Addictions, & Cell Membranes
Download the script
See quiz questions and answers
Textbook Chapters* to Refer to:
Ch. 2: The Chemical Context of Life
Ch. 7: Membrane Structure and Function
Sources:
*Reece, J.B., Urry, LA., Cain, M.L., Wasserman, S.A., Minorsky, P.V., Jackson, R.B. (2011). Campbell Biology (9th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pearson Benjamin Cummings.
Goodenough, J.G., Wallace, R.A., McGuire B. (1998). Human Biology. Barrosse, E. (Ed.). Orlando, FL: Saunders College Publishing.
Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2007). Abnormal Psychology (4th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
- NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse Statistics (http://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics)
- NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse Treatment Statistics (http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/treatment-statistics)
- NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse – The Science of Abuse & Addiction (http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/science-addiction/addiction-healthv)
- DEA: Drug Enforcement Agency Statistics (http://www.justice.gov/dea/resource-center/statistics.shtml)
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- Pharmacotherapy, Freedom And Crime
PHARMACOTHERAPY AND THE FUTURE OF THE DRUG WAR - a report by the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics Summary: Over the next decade an increasing number of new "pharmacotherapy" medications will become available with the potential to tremendously impact...
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PSYC Major Science Gateway Course # and Title Change Previously BSCI 105 Principles of Biology I is now BSCI 170/171 Principles of Cellular and Molecular Biology Lecture/Lab The course # and title for the Psychology Major Science Gateway has changed....
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As a Psychology major, you are required to take BSCI 105: Principles of Biology as your science gateway requirement. Why, you ask? Simple... The fundamental concepts taught in BSCI 105 are key building blocks to a better understanding...
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To support our students in BSIC 105 the Department has developed a series 5-10-minute supplemental videos exploring some of the topics you learn in BSCI 105 and how they are related to familiar (and interesting) psychological phenomena. In this...
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NIDA International Program and CAPER Conference Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Program and the Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research (CAPER) University of Maryland...