Subjects: Relationships / Family / Parenting

Answers the question, “Who is responsible for my happiness?” The lesson offers suggestions for a balanced, pro-active pursuit of personal happiness. Students learn how to transform negative criticism into positive communication for improved relations, how genetics plays a role in our capacity for happiness, and how the pursuit of hedonistic “highs” predisposes us to addiction and stress.

Do military marriages have special challenges and needs? This special bonus video allows students to learn about the unique situations that arise in military marriages. As you view the video, consider the challenges that confront military couples in building a solid and loving marriage.

Discusses the pros and cons of casual sex. Investigative reporters and relationship experts present the advantages and disadvantages of “hooking up”. Discussion reveals how gender affects our perceptions of casual sex, and emphasizes the importance of safe-sex awareness.

Takes a look at statistical predictors of effective partner selection. Students learn how such variables as compatibility, accountability, ethnicity, and communication styles play a hand in mate selection. Neuroscientific research reveals how common notions of attraction based on familiarity can often go awry.

Do military marriages have special challenges and needs? This special bonus video allows students to learn about the unique situations that arise in military marriages. As you view the video, consider the challenges that confront military couples in building a solid and loving marriage.

Provides a course overview. The lesson offers highlights from the course to give students a preview of what to expect.

Explains why we fall in love. Students learn how love is important to our health, welfare and survival. Video clips and lecture reveal how infatuation and attraction have more to do with chemistry and biology than love. Perspectives on the subject include both heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

Looks at how love differs around the world. The lesson explores how expectations with regard to love are handed down from previous generations. Lecture defines how these expectations differ from culture to culture, and students are challenged to consider who is really responsible for creating happiness in a relationship.

Examines the four predictable stages of love. Students learn about the three different brain systems and how they biologically affect the feelings and resultant behaviors associated with each of the four stages of love: Infatuation, Post-Rapture, Discovery, and Connection.

Explores the relationship between the physiology and psychology of love. Lecture covers the differences between infatuation and real love, and explains why the chemistry behind infatuation doesn’t always translate to compatibility. Video lecture outlines the biology behind “The Love Cocktail” (heightened libido) that makes infatuation so irresistible.