Reproduction & Maternal care
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lecture schedule)
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Lecture Notes |
Study Guide |
Lab Activities |
Optional Readings |
Media |
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1. sex determination 2. sex hormones 3. primate sexuality 4. sexual intercourse 5. spared slides NOTE: all these slides appear in today's handout (10/22/07) |
part 1(book) |
We watch the PBS video Why sex? (60 mins) |
Annenberg Media. (video 30 mins), Biology of Sex & Gender, Ch. 11 |
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| The biological basis of love and social bonding (intro, paper 1, paper 2) | Why sex? (PBS series on evolution) (VT4278 VHS) | |||
| The science and ethics of castration (Atul Gawande, Slate) | ||||
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Fatherhood (required reading) S. Hrdy |
Handout for discussion after watching the video | Maternal care and individual differences to stress response | Discovering Psychology (Ch. 17, Gender and Sex. Male/Female similarities & differences; how gender roles reflect social values) | |
| Facial beauty & hormones (Peter Ellison) | ||||
| Neoteny by S.J. Gould | ||||
| gender differences in math | cartoon 1. | |||
| The neurology of sexual pleasure (Scientific American Mind, april 08) |
USEFUL LINKS
-Lectures from the University of Plymouth (hormones & sexual behavior; psychosexual differentiation; nature vs. nurture; maternal behavior)
- peacock