2009 Course Handbook
PSY346: 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/bulimia. 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.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Associate Professor Dick Stevenson |
| Prerequisites: | PSY222(P) or PSY248(P) |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | PSY239 |
| Unit Designations: | Science |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Psychology |
Timetable Information
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