9.00W Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2002
Magnetic resonance image of adult human brain. (Image courtesy of MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.)
Highlights of this Course
This first course in psychology introduces students to how we think, see, feel, learn, talk, act, grow, fear, like, love, hate, lust, and interact. The site features
writing assignments, sample
exams from previous terms, a selection of
lecture notes, class handouts and "
chapter notes" representative of the course content.
Course 9.00W is taught by Professor Jeremy Wolfe. OCW also presents a version of Introduction to Psychology, 9.00P, taught by Professor Steven Pinker.
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Course Description
This course surveys questions about human behavior and mental life ranging from how you see to why you fall in love. 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.