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  1. Course Description (official): An introduction to psychology, including foundational concepts about the brain, evolution, genetics, and computation, and specific topics including perception, memory, imagery, consciousness, concepts, reasoning, language, development, emotion, social

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  3. Psychology is broadly the scientific study and understanding of behavior and cognition, but takes many forms across many sub-disciplines. Some of the main goals of this class are to give you an understanding, history, and detail of these different areas in psychology, how psychological

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  4. Aug 8, 2013 · This class will highlight how major discoveries in psychology were achieved using the scientific method and we discuss what we can conclude about the mind, the brain and behavior based on these facts.

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    This course is designed to introduce you to the scientific study of human nature. You will learn how psychologists ask questions from several different perspectives: questions about the relation of brain and behavior, about perception, about learning and thinking, about development, about social behavior and personality, and about psychopathology a...

    This introductory college undergraduate course has no specific course prerequisites. It designed to be most useful to people with knowledge of the following subjects at the level typically taught in U.S. high schools: 1. Mathematics 1.1. Experimental data collection and visual representations of data in graphs and tables 1.2. Basic probability and ...

    This course consists of the following components: 1. Assigned readings 2. Lectures 3. Small-group discussion sections 4. Three exams 5. Writing assignments

    At MIT, grading was based on 60% from the exams, 30% from the two papers, and 10% on discussion section participation.

    This course includes substantial contributions from several talented 9.00SC teaching assistants. Read more » « Previous | Next»

  5. This course aims to provide a basic but comprehensive introduction to the study of psychology; defined as the science of mind and behavior. The focus of lectures will highlight principle topics relevant to five main branches of psychology: neuroscience (how the brain and mind interact),

  6. This course introduces you to the fundamental principles of psychology and the major subjects of psychological inquiry. It will provide you with the tools necessary to study psychology and presents a sampling of the major areas of psychology research.

  7. Topics covered will include an introduction to cognitive, clinical, social, and developmental psychology as well as some intersections between these subfields. Foundational theories will be discussed, but we will also connect theories with modern research.

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