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An exploration of the possible biological underpinnings of sex differences in human behavior. Examines the relationship between hormones and the central nervous system in determining how the sexes participate in many different areas of human behavior. Some of the main topics of this course are the sexual differentiation of the brain, how the brain and behavior connect, sex differences in animal behaviors, the evolution of sexual differences, the biology of sexuality and sexual attraction, and sex differences in parenting, aggression and aging. (Meg Kirkpatrick) Connections: Conx 23004 Gender, Conx 23006 Sexuality
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Presents a biopsychosocial model of health that addresses how biological, psychological and social processes and their interaction influence our physical well-being. Topics include mind-body interactions, health behavior and interventions, patient-doctor relationships, and chronic and advanced illnesses. (Michael Berg) Connections: Conx 20005 Microbes and Health
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3.00 Credits
Multiple perspectives on the physical, cognitive and psychosocial transitions related to adolescent development. Topics include current versions of developmental theory; specific issues related to early, middle and late adolescence; the adolescent peer culture; sexualities and sex education; multicultural issues in adolescence; and changing male/female roles. (Frinde Maher, Peony Fhagen-Smith) Connections: Conx 23006 Sexuality
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3.00 Credits
See Anth 270.
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3.00 Credits
Examines psychological theories and research about women and gender. Discusses similarities as well as gender differences and the multiple causes for those differences. Explores the ways in which ethnicity, class and sexual orientation interact with gender in the United States. (Bianca Cody Murphy) Connections: Conx 23004 Gender, Conx 23005 Women in the United States
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the many ways that the body conditions or is an object of our daily experience as it varies from one individual to another and is framed by history, culture, religious tradition, ethnic identity, gender, age and health. Among the topics will be the effects of human physiology and posture on human experience; language, symbols, and the construction of the built world; body image and bodily experience in men and women, including LGTB persons; and efforts to transform the body through cosmetics, tattooing, piercing, mutilation, body-building, plastic surgery and dress. (David Wulff)
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3.00 Credits
An examination of what psychology can contribute to our understanding of four debates directly affecting students in the liberal-conservative culture wars: freedom of expression, feminism, affirmative action and sexuality. (Gerald Zuriff)
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3.00 Credits
The nature and nurture of infants from the perspectives of Western research, beliefs and practices, and of selected non-Western contemporary societies, especially the Navajo. Examines childbirth, newborn capacities, caretaker-infant relationships, early experience and changes during infancy, all in cultural contexts. (Derek Price)
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3.00 Credits
A detailed look at the processing of visual information, from the moment that photons of light enter our eyes to the experience of seeing the world spread out before us. Topics include depth perception, perspective in art, color, perceptual organization, motion, attention and awareness. (Rolf Nelson) Connections: Conx 20061 Body and Mind, Conx 23012 Visualizing Information
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3.00 Credits
In this course the growth of social and emotional competence that emerges from children's experiences in their relationships with others (e.g., parents, other children, cultural context) will be explored through in-depth reading and discussion of such topics as attachment, emotions, gender role development, development of the self, moral development and more. Special attention will be given to books such as Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls, by Rachel Simmons; Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson's Raising Cain: The Emotional Life of Boys; and The Skin We're In: Teaching Our Teens to Be Emotionally Strong, Socially Smart, and Spiritually Connected, by Janie Ward. (Peony Fhagen-Smith)
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