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Academic Catalog 2013-2014 
    
Academic Catalog 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

LASS321 Bonds of Love: Attachment and the Brain 3 cr.


This course examines intimate human relationships ranging from infancy through adulthood by exploring new findings in neuroscience as well as in developmental/relational/depth psychologies. The course treats questions about selfhood and emotion; the capacities for empathy, attachment and solitude, and received ideas of love in the relationships we form. Readings in psychology, neuropsychology and fiction; documentary and popular film clips.

Prerequisites: LALW100; FRSM100; LALW200

Lecture/Seminar
Culturally Diverse Content
All College Elective