9.68 Affect: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects of "Feelings", Spring 2009
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Chorover, Stephan L.
Alternative Title
Affect: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects of "Feelings"
Date Issued
June 2009
Abstract
Affect is to cognition and behavior as feeling is to thinking and acting, or as values are to beliefs and practices. Considers these relations, both at the psychological level of organization and also in terms of their neurobiological and sociocultural counterparts. In addition to attending weekly class sessions and doing regular homework assignments, students are required to participate in small study groups that meet independently for two hours per week.
Subjects
Affect
cognition
behavior
feeling
thinking
acting
values
beliefs
practices
relations
organization
neurobiology
sociocultural
Psychology
Biological
Social Aspects
exercise behavior
stress
environmental factors
ecological identity
human relationship with nature
positive affiliations
therapeutic education
natural care
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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