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Overview

What is love, why do we feel it, and what does it do to our body and brain? Many people believe that love is an ethereal force that engulfs the mind. Psychologists and biologists have a different view – that attraction and love are encoded by hormones and other chemicals … For more content click the Read More button below. In this course you will be introduced to the study of sex, love, and attraction in humans and other animals from a broad-based perspective including comparative, psychobiological, cross-cultural, and evolutionary approaches. Along the way, you will learn about physiological, behavioural, cognitive, and social factors involved in sex, love, and attraction. An emphasis of the course is placed on evolutionary concepts and how these could be used to interpret sex, love, and attraction. This course will enable you to gain a better understanding of evolutionary psychology and apply principles from this discipline to examine various issues related to sex, love, and attraction such as relationships, sexual behaviour, social monogamy, paternity, parenting, and menopause.

Course Attributes

General Education

Introductory Course

Delivery

Fully online - Intensive

Fully online - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

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Course Outline

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PSYC1029 Course Outline

Fees

TypeAmount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)$1829
Domestic Students$6090
International Students$6090

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