Timetable
DATE |
TOPIC
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ASSIGNMENT
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LECTURE NOTES
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1 Tue. Jan. 17 |
Course
overview |
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2 Thu Jan. 19 |
Why Evolutionary Psychology? |
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3 Tue.
Jan. 24 |
Foundations of EP |
Buss: 1, Review
of Plotkin |
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4 Thu. Jan. 26 |
Psychological Foundations |
Buss: 2, Schmitt
& Pilcher |
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5 Tue.
Jan. 31 |
The hostile forces of nature: food |
Buss: 3, Ohman
& Mineka, |
Review paper HO |
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6 Thu. Feb 2. |
The hostile forces of nature:
survival |
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7 Tue.
Feb. 7 |
Women’s LT mating strategies |
Buss: 4, Buss
(1986) |
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8 Thu.
Feb. 9 |
Women’s LT mating strategies |
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9 Tue. Feb. 14 |
Men’s LT mating strategies |
Buss: 5, Buss &
Schmitt (1993) |
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10 Thu.
Feb.16 |
Men’s LT mating strategies |
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Review
outline due
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11 Tue. Feb.
21 |
Short-term sexual strategies |
Buss: 6, Mate value
study |
Research
paper HO |
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12 Thu. Feb. 23 |
Short-term sexual strategies cont |
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13 Tue. Feb. 28 |
Problems of parenting |
Buss: 7, Daly & Wilson |
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14 Thu. Mar. 1 |
Problems of parenting cont. |
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15 Tue. Mar. 6 |
Problems of kinship |
Buss: 8, Daly, Wilson, et
al |
Research outline due |
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16 Thu. Mar 8 |
MID-TERM
EXAM |
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17 Tue. Mar. 13 |
SPRING
BREAK |
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18 Thu. Mar. 15 |
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19 Tue. Mar.
20 |
Cooperation |
Buss:
9, Fehr & Rochenbach |
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20 Thu. Mar 22 |
Cooperation |
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21 Tue. Mar.
27 |
Aggression and warfare |
Buss: 10, Buss &
Shackleford |
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22 Thu. Mar. 29 |
Aggression and warfare |
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Review paper due |
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23 Tue. Apr.
3 |
Conflict between the sexes |
Buss:
11, Shackleford et al |
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24 Thu. Apr. 5 |
Conflict between the sexes cont |
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27 Tue. Apr. 10 |
Status, prestige, dominance |
Buss
12 |
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28 Thu. Apr. 12 |
Cognition, development &
language |
Buss, 13, Marcus, dogs, Rakison
EP chapter |
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25 Tue. Apr.
17 |
Topic TBD by class |
Buss, 13, Memes , Consciousness,
Abnormal EP |
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26 Thu. Apr.
19 |
No
class - Carnival |
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29 Tue. Apr.
24 |
Class presentations |
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30 Thu. Apr. 26 |
Class presentations |
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29 Tue. May
1 |
Class presentations |
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30 Thu. May 3 |
Last class: Review |
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Research paper due |
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FINAL
EXAM: DATE TBA |
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