Dr Mark Ord

I teach the following modules:

Level 7:

• The Psychology of Sexual Behaviour
• Cradle to Grave: Developmental, Evolutionary, and Individual Differences

Level 6:

• Evolutionary Psychology, Human Nature, and Culture
• Male Psychology
• Dark Personality

Level 5:

• Meet the Relatives: Animal Psychology and Evolutionary Psychology  
• Cradle To Grave: Developmental, Evolutionary, and Individual Differences

Level 4:

• Genes to Mind

  
  Level 3:

  • Big Issues in Psychology
    
    I also supervise MSc and BSc dissertation students and am a personal academic tutor for first and third-year students.

My primary interests centre around the application of evolutionary theory to psychology. This includes research relating to attraction and mate selection, competition within and between males and females, group dynamics, and how this interacts with online dating and social media. 

I am also interested in male psychology with a particular focus on how attractiveness interacts with aspects of male psychology. For example, my current research focus is on how variability in attractiveness impacts male life outcomes and men who are involuntarily celibate.

My PhD thesis:
"The Bio-Social Correlates of Women's Mate Choice Copying"

The thesis investigated whether pairing men's faces with women of varying attractiveness could impact judgments of men's attractiveness. 

Current research activities:
My current research focus is on men who are involuntarily celibate. Much is unknown about these men – this project aims to address the lack of objective research on these individuals.