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PSY239: Appetite: The Psychology of Eating and Drinking |
The need to eat and drink is essential to the survival of all animals. This unit examines the psychology of these activities, with a primarily human slant. In particular, the course covers the anatomy and physiology of the whole ingestive system, what starts and stops eating, why we like and prefer some foods over others, and the psychobiology of dieting, starvation, obesity, anorexia and disgust. The course adopts a broad perspective, so that the impact of human food choice on health, the economy and the environment, are constantly kept in focus. The aim is to impart basic principles of emotion, motivation, learning and perception, as they relate to one of our fundamental daily activities.
Evening students will be able to obtain tapes of the lectures from the Centre for Open Education, but must attend the practicals/tutorials.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Dr Dick Stevenson |
| Prerequisites: |
Either admission to GDipPsych or PSY104(P); PSY105(P); STAT170 or STAT171
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| Unit Designations: |
Science
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Graded
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| Offered By: |
Department of Psychology |
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