HD 6690

The Nature and Function of Affectional Bonds

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

This course will examine human bonding primarily from a psychological perspective, drawing on empirical and theoretical work from the fields of developmental, clinical, evolutionary, cognitive, personality, and social psychology, and secondarily from ethology, anthropology, sociology, and neurobiology. The central goal of the course is to define and explain basic structure, functions, dynamics, and formation of human affectional bonds, especially those of the attachment and mating variety.

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: graduate students and undergraduates who have taken HD 3620 with permission of the Instructor.

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