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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.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Dr Dick Stevenson |
| Prerequisites: |
[PSY104(P) and PSY105(P) and (STAT170(P) or STAT171(P))] or [admission to GDipPsych]
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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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