Cognitive Science 0105 - Psychology of Queer Love, Relationships & Identities

This course will examine queer love, relationship structures and attachments, and how these elements of the relational self inform individual identity development. These themes will be explored within grounded foundational paradigms of intersectionality, queer theory, and relationship anarchy and through the lens of various psychological and sociological theoretical models, including the ecological systems model, attachment theories, and the nested model of trauma, amongst others. Queer love and relationships will be explored as represented through media and in research, and across time and culture. Dynamics of attachments and relationships will be explored in detail as they relate to queer identity development. Special topics include nonmonogamy/polyamory, the asexuality spectrum, BDSM/kink, and decolonizing love. The latter aspect of the course will focus on the application of learned skills to real-world scenarios. Keywords:Psychology, relationships, attachment theory

In/Justice Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time BOOKS: Title:All about love: New visions Author:bell hooks ISBN:9780060959470 Cost: