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RELATIONSHIP PSYCHOLOGY

Course Code:
PSYC 234
Course Group(s):
HUMANS IN CONNECTION
Active Term:
Fall Term
/ All Years
Course Description:

This course addresses the scientific findings on close relationships, including friendship, interpersonal attraction, loneliness, shyness, communication, relationship stress, sex, loss, jealously and forgiveness. The cultural and social factors - particularly gender - that affect these processes are emphasized throughout the course. This course will also emphasize the centrality of the scientific method in obtaining these findings and will train students to become discerning consumers of information about relationships and other psychological phenomena.

Credit:
3
Instruction methods:
Lecture
Total hours: 45
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