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9.00 Introduction to Psychology (Fall 2004, MIT OCW). Instructor: Professor Jeremy Wolfe. This course surveys questions about human behavior and mental life ranging from how you see to why you fall in love.
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The great controversies: nature and nurture, free will, consciousness, human differences, self and society. Students are exposed to the range of theoretical perspectives including biological, evolutionary, cognitive, and psychoanalytic. One of the best aspects of Psychology is that you are the subject matter. This makes it possible to do many demonstrations in lecture that allow you to experience the topic under study. Lectures work in tandem with the textbook. The course breaks into small recitations sections to allow discussion, oral presentations, and individual contact with instructors. (from ocw.mit.edu)
Course Currilcum
- Lecture 01 – The Brain: Between the Ears, Behind the Eyes Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Motivation and Emotion: “Reason Alone Cannot Move Us To Do Anything” Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Learning: The Power of Association Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Sensing: Gathering the Information Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Attending: Limiting the Information Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – Perceiving: Interpreting the Information Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Memory: What Do You Remember? Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Cognition: How Do You Think? Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Cognitive Development: How Do Children Think? Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Language Development: What Do Children Say? Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Intelligence: How Do We Know You Are Smart? Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – The Battle of the Sexes: Love and Evolution Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Social Exchange: Romantic Economics Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Attitudes and Behaviors: How Can We Be Controlled? Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Who Are you? The Psychology of the Self Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – From Dissociation To Repression Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Freud and Fairy Tales Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Sleep and Dreams Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Defining Mental Illness: Are Suicide Bombers Insane? Unlimited
- Lecture 21 – Causing Mental Illness: What Can Make You “Lose” Your Mind? Unlimited
- Lecture 22 – Successful Disasters: Eating Disorders Unlimited
- Lecture 23 – Successful Disasters: Date Rape Unlimited
