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Evolutionary Psychology (PSY 130)

Term: Academic Year 2010-11 - Winter

Faculty

Dr. Matt O'Laughlin
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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM (1/11/2011 - 4/22/2011) Location: MAIN LJCSE 246
Tue-Thu, 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM (1/11/2011 - 1/13/2011) Location: MAIN LJCSE 248

Description

Students explore questions about the human mind and behavior in the tradition of Charles Darwin's comparative psychology work on the expression of emotions and William James' insistence of a comparative psychology. In the course, evolutionary science is applied to all areas of psychology including sensation, gender, perception, ecopsychology, sexual/mating behaviors/strategies, learning, memory, social dynamics, consciousness, language, and personality.