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Course code: BBS20265f11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: Anthropological determinants of facial attractiveness
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 0
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 10 / 20 / 0
Lecturer: dr Jacek Szczurowski
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Indication of similarities and differences between peoples preferences with a view to attractiveness of the face. Students training in methodology used in research in biology of attractiveness of a human, knowledge about biological base and an evolutional conditioning of majority attractiveness attributes of face.
Competences: Students will receive a training in pointing an attributes conditioning its attractiveness and understanding its biological signification. Additionally a student will get competences in documentation and research of biological attractiveness of a human.
Prerequisites: None
Course content: Biological attractiveness of a human as the subject of scientific research, biological signification of face s attractiveness (averaged morphology, symmetry, and dimorphism of the face, attractiveness of the skin of face). Genetical equipment of an individual in consideration of an attractiveness, Conditions of perception of a faces attractiveness, skin colour and a hairiness analysis methodology (attractiveness of the colour of the skin, hair, eyes and its biological significance).
Recommended literature: Buss D.M.: Psychologia ewolucyjna. Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne, 2001 Danel D.: Stopień maskulinizacji twarzy męskich jako wskaźnik atrakcyjności w kontekście wybranych parametrów jakości partnera w ocenie kobiet. Praca doktorska.Uwr, Wrocław, 2008 Danel D., Pawłowski B.: Attractiveness of men’s facies in relation to women’s phase of menstrual cycle. Collegium Antropologicum 30(2):285-289, 2006 Pawłowski B. (red.): Biologia atrakcyjności człowieka. WUW, 2009 Sadowski B.: Biologiczne mechanizmy zachowania się ludzi i zwierząt. PWN, 2006
Assessment methods: Completion of laboratory training; written test after semester; minimum 60% of knowledge to pass.
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