9.68 Affect: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects of Feelings, Spring 2005
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Author(s)
Chorover, Stephan L.
Ristic, Jovan
Alternative Title
Affect: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects of Feelings
Date Issued
June 2005
Abstract
Affect is to cognition and behavior as feeling is to thinking and acting or as values are to beliefs and practices. Subject considers these relations, both at the psychological level of organization and in terms of their neurobiological and sociocultural counterparts. From the course home page: In this class, diverse aspects of the current scientific paradigm which is based largely on a distrust of emotions is explored as well as other perspectives within a broader human-ecological context. Relevant issues are approached both experientially and theoretically through discussions in class and in study groups, and through field trips and assigned readings.
Subjects
Affect
cognition
behavior
feeling
thinking
acting
values
beliefs
practices
relations
organization
neurobiology
sociocultural
Psychology
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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