Lecture 14 - What Motivates Us: Sex |
This lecture reviews what evolutionary theories and recent studies in psychology can tell us about sex and gender differences. Students will hear how psychology can help explain many of the differences that exist in whom we find attractive, what we desire in a mate, and sexual orientation.
Gray, Peter. Psychology (5th edition), pp. 76-82,
195-201
Angier, Natalie. "Woman: An Intimate Biography." In The Norton
Psychology Reader. Edited by Gary Marcus. New York: W. W. Norton
& Company, 2006. pp. 255-262
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