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2022-2023 Westminster College Catalog 
    
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PSY 215 - Psychology of Sex

Semester Hours: 4

This course explores the psychological processes that underlie human sexual behavior. With an eye toward historical and cultural variations, students will explore such topics as sexual attraction, motivation, attitudes, decision making, behavior, and disorders. This course is based on a scientifi c exploration of sexuality; thus students will learn how psychologists study sexuality empirically, and how the results of sexuality research are perceived by the public. Meets Social Thought and Tradition Intellectual Perspective requirement (ST).

Intellectual Perspective: ST