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PSYCHOLOGY 322 - INTRODUCTION TO DRUGS AND BEHAVIOR

Winter 2001 (8:30 to 9:20 MWF Kane Hall 120)

Jaime Diaz, office: 335 Guthrie Hall, 543-2546
email : jaimed@u.washington.edu
office hour - 1:30 to 2:30 Wednesday or by appointment

TA : Ann Voorhies, office:
email : anncv@u.washington.edu
office hour - (to be announced)

There will usually be a 20 point quiz on Friday (check syllabus for exceptions); and your final grade will be primarily based on 200 points from these quizzes (see "Grading" on the WEB site for details). You will have only ONE makeup available. The Final Exam, which is optional, is March 13 at 8:30 in Kane 120.

Assigned Texts:
1) "The Natural Mind" by Andrew Weil, 1986
2) "How Drugs Influence Behavior" by Jaime Diaz, 1997.

Lecture slides can be downloaded from the Class Web Site and copies are also available at the Copy Center of the Odegaard library. Note that Martin Luther King Day, 1-15; and President's Day, 2-19, are holidays.



Week

Date

Topic

Assignments

       
1

1-3
1-5

Introduction
Basic Pharmacology		 Diaz, Chap. 1
Weil, Chaps 1 and 2 (pages 1-38)
       
2

1-8
1-10
1-12-exam

Basic Pharm.
Basic Neurophysiology		 Diaz, Chap. 2
       
3


1-17
1-19

Sedatives and
Hypnotics		 Diaz, Chap. 4
Weil, Chap. 3
       
4

1-22
1-24
1-26-exam

Alcohol Diaz, Chap. 5
Weil, Chap 4
       
5

1-29
1-31
2-2-exam

Marijuana Diaz, Chap. 6
Weil, Chap. 5
       
6

2-5
2-7
2-9-exam

Opiates Diaz, Chap. 7
Weil, Chap. 6
       
7

2-12
2-14
2-16-exam

Stimulants
Diaz, Chap. 8
Weil, Chap. 7
       
8


2-21
2-23

Drugs Used to
Treat Mental Disorders

Diaz, Chap. 9
Weil, Chaps 8, 9, afterword

       
9

2-26
2-28
3-2-exam

Hallucinogens Diaz, Chap. 10
       
10

3-5
3-7
3-9-exam

Drugs during
Pregnancy		 Diaz, Chap.11