Lecture Notes

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For each lecture, students are given a brief handout containing an outline, key questions, and points to ponder. Slides on vision (LEC 5) and memory (LEC 6) are also presented here.

These files are also available for download from iTunes®.


Lec # TOPICS MP3 AUDIO STREAMING AUDIO
1 The Brain: Between the Ears, Behind the Eyes (PDF) (MP3 ‑ 18.2MB (RM - 16K)
2 Motivation and Emotion: "Reason Alone Cannot Move Us To Do Anything" (PDF) (MP3 - 17.9MB) (RM - 16K)
3 Learning: The Power of Association (PDF) (MP3 - 18.1MB) (RM - 16K)
4 Sensing: Gathering the Information (PDF) (MP3 - 17.9MB) (RM - 16K)
5 Attending: Limiting the Information (PDF)

Lecture Slide Collection (PDF)
(MP3 - 18.8MB) (RM - 16K)
6 Perceiving: Interpreting the Information (PDF)

Lecture Slide Collection (PDF)
(MP3 - 18.3MB) (RM - 16K)
7 Memory: What Do You Remember? (PDF) (MP3 - 18.5MB) (RM - 16K)
8 Cognition: How Do You Think? (PDF) (MP3 - 18.3MB) (RM - 16K)
9 Cognitive Development: How Do Children Think? (PDF) (MP3 - 17.6MB) (RM - 16K)
10 Language: What Do You Say? (PDF)
11 Language Development: What Do Children Say? (PDF) (MP3 - 16.9MB) (RM - 16K)
12 Intelligence: How Do We Know You Are Smart? (PDF) (MP3 - 19.1MB) (RM - 16K)
13 The Battle of the Sexes: Love and Evolution (PDF) (MP3 - 18.4MB) (RM - 16K)
14 Social Exchange: Romantic Economics (PDF) (MP3 - 16.7MB) (RM - 16K)
15 Attitudes and Behaviors: How Can We Be Controlled? (PDF) (MP3 - 18.7MB) (RM - 16K)
16 Who Are you? The Psychology of the Self (PDF) (MP3 - 18.7MB) (RM - 16K)
17 From Dissociation To Repression (PDF) (MP3 - 18.7MB) (RM - 16K)
18 Freud and Fairy Tales (PDF) (MP3 - 18.2MB) (RM - 16K)
19 Sleep and Dreams (PDF) (MP3 - 18.3MB) (RM - 16K)
20 Defining Mental Illness: Are Suicide Bombers Insane? (PDF) (MP3 - 19.2MB) (RM - 16K)
21 Causing Mental Illness: What Can Make You "Lose" Your Mind? (PDF) (MP3 - 17.5MB) (RM - 16K)
22 Successful Disasters: Eating Disorders (PDF) (MP3 - 18.2MB) (RM - 16K)
23 Successful Disasters: Date Rape (PDF) (MP3 - 11.9MB) (RM - 16K)