Lecture 1: Introduction Instructor: John Gabrieli View the complete course: ocw.mit.edu/9-00SCS11 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at ocw.mit.edu
@@alejandraripollaltes4802 well historically white men had the privilege of going to school and pursuing science, so that image of an old white male professor became mainstream/popularized. Way more diverse nowadays (but def not diverse enough)
@@bobbyd1658 What do you mean by "not diverse enough"? Don't you think basketball and boxing is "not diverse enough" (majority are blacks)? Is that good or bad? 47% of medical doctors are women and 47% are men (rest is "unknown"). Is medical doctor "diverse"? Then how about, white people making 73% of the population in the USA, but only make up 63% of medical doctors. That's "not diverse enough". I think college professor, basketball player, boxer, doctors, etc. are all privileged in their own sense. How are you determining who is more "privileged"?
1. Introduction 2. Science and research 3. Brain I - Structure and Functions 4. Brain II - Structure and Functions 5. Vision I 6. Vision II 7. Attention 8. Consciousness 9. Learning 10. Memory I - 11. Memory II - Amnesia and Memory system 12. Language 13. Thinking (me 1/2 way) 14. Intelligence 15. Emotion & Motivation 16. Personality 17. Child Development 18. Adult Development 19. Stress 20. Psychopathology I 21. Psychopathology II 22. Social psychology I (20 m) 23. Social psychology II 24. Conclusions - Evolutionary Psychology, Happiness Thanks MIT for this free wonderful content. I am not going through lectures by order but my interest, so above is just index for convenient record keeping.
Hi Austin, do you have the links to all the 24 topics , from Intro to Conclusions - Evolutionary Psychology, Happiness? I am really interested . thanks!
I'm currently majoring in Psych at a much worse school for a ridiculous price. This is so depressing. But, thank you MIT for letting anyone have access to quality education.
@@ElectroStreetdancer Have you tried ‘Active Imagination’ ? I came to know about it some time ago but its making me suffer a lot, I feel irritable whenever I went on to perform it. I am trying to enter and invite the unconcious from about a week now but nothing appears. What is it that you think I might be doing wrong?
@@simtanhg4291 maybe just concentrate more. Our minds just needs to accelerate to at a right pace where we can take our time getting used. But I haven’t dig too much into active imagination tho🧐 and sorry for the late response
@@ElectroStreetdancer Why do I feel this kind of an empty hole inside me when I'm socialising? I feel like I'm missing out on something. I keep seeking knowledge and feel never prepared to do things. This void is certainly not chronic or related to BPD. I'm not sure what it is.. I'm analysing everything. I have a lot of knowledge which seems really important to me when I'm at home but when I start to socialise it feels unworthy. I'm sorry for late reply.. I'm 16 and I was on a social media detox. I just downloaded yt to check out some things.. Hope you reply soon. Thanks
Yes and no. Decent lectures and information like this yes, however most people don't have quality control and believe any old shit they read on the internet. This means most people believe in absolute bullshit. Before the internet, people only had access to quality books (libraries), or education. Belief in conspiracy theories has gone through the roof. We are not in the misinformation / disinformation age (more that the information age). You are in the minority for having the intelligence to realise what a good reliable source of information is.
I'm not going to disagree or agree with your statement. Now-a-days, all companies truly care about is the physical proof you went to college. What I will say, and I know that not many colleges will offer this to people(if any do offer it that is), but maybe you after doing enough studying on your own and such to just test out of a course or even take a huge final exam to show you know the area of study well enough to earn yourself a degree.
A decade ago when I was in grade 12, I had a Physics teacher who'd come to class and instantly start writing long derivations on the black board. I would try my best to keep up with his pace and copy all of it just like the other 50 kids in the class. This was in India. I moved to Canada a few years ago and went to school here. I now understand that neither my Physics teacher was interested in teaching nor did he have the skills to do it and similarly I wasn't interested in copying all that nonsense either. My love for physics is still strong and I give my undivided attention to ideas when someone explains it with equal passion. I wish teachers like Instructor Gabrieli exist in millions in my home country so that we can produce more than just stereotypical nerds who are good for only copying others' ideas. No one benefits from playing pretense in the long run.
Really mate! Our system is so f up that I get chills sometimes thinking about it, lol like they seriously feeding those bullshits since many decades to the whole generation and may be they will continue in future too... ffs 🤦🏽♂️
I watch quite a lot of stuff on youtube, but this series of lectures is my favourite so far. I highly recommend to watch through the whole thing, and recommend it to anyone you can. This should be mandatory material for every human being.
I turn 30 next March, and have recently decided(after a year of a few more down than ups) that my mission for a good part of my 30's is to go back to college and get my second degree in Psychology. I have no idea if you have majored in that or not, and am currently watching the video. Would you say these video lectures are a good way of starting my education on psychology before I have even started schooling for it ?
Am back here after watching the entire course, and I just want to say the professor and the entire course is really great and useful, it gives you a wide idea abt what psychology is abt, especially in a neuroscientist’s scope. thanks Professor, thanks MIT
Very few teachers we find that enjoy the subject themselves and he's one of those. And those are the ones who make classes enjoyable and fun for students.
I am deeply grateful for these free courses, I do not know English and I am learning, but I can see them with subtitles and they have helped me a lot, thank you for everything
The 'sweet' exercise was so simple and yet it blew me away. In my opinion, this is the best professor i've come across for Psych 101. Not because of just the exercise, but also because of his ability to explain this so well. Psych is not at all easy. But Professor here makes it much more graspable.
It's always a humbling experience for me to learn of the many ways our minds interpret the world and ourselves, and how these interpretations are themselves susceptible to so many biases and limitations. I always try to remember to check myself at the door as soon as I enter into any situation where I have to make judgments about myself, others and the world, and since this is happening at every moment, I am constantly attempting to practice this humility to the point where it may one day become a habit. How much there is to learn, how much more there remains to be experienced! May we never think ourselves so complete in our body of knowledge that we lose the passion that drove us into the murky waters of its domain.
Wow he's the best professor I've ever seen I was smiling throughout the whole lecture, I love the way he's teaching, very friendly and a awesome person, I love him so much :3
As a HNC student of the social sciences I'm absolutely loving this lecture. Would recommend anyone interested to go into study. I returned to education last year as a 44 year old student. Took my highers and am not looking back.. hoping to be a lecturer myself. This guy is such an inspiration 😎
@@Ericadbury fantastic gained my pass that I needed from this course and am doing a 2nd year entry BA in politics and scottish history. Absolutely worth all the effort. I wish you luck, go chase your education dreams
hlights: 0:51 - Introduction to the study of how people's minds and brains work 1:38 - Discussion of the brain and the book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" 2:05 - Exploration of how we hear, think, and perceive the world 4:07 - Focus on human development, social interaction, and behavior 7:09 - Introduction to visual illusions and how our minds can be tricked 13:44 - Participation in a visual perception experiment 19:14 - The influence of expectations and attention on perception 20:17 - The integration of hearing and seeing in perception 23:20 - Discussion of how our minds can create false perceptions based on cultural associations 25:15 - More examples of how our minds can be easily influenced in perception 26:59 - The professor commends the students for demonstrating the limits and properties of memory. 28:19 - The professor discusses false memories and how our minds can create them. 29:22 - The professor explains how our minds can imagine hearing words that were not actually said. 30:02 - The concept of automaticity is introduced, highlighting the efficiency and pitfalls of our minds. 30:50 - The professor demonstrates how our minds can overlook details that are right in front of us. 31:58 - The audience participates in an exercise to test their attention and perception. 32:01 - The audience member correctly identifies the number 5, showcasing the limitations of our perception. 33:01 - The professor discusses how our cultural associations can affect our perception of words. 34:12 - The audience member successfully reads a passage with ink smudges, demonstrating the power of context in perception. 35:03 - The professor introduces the topic of thought and discusses the psychology of decision-making. 37:46 - The professor explains the cognitive biases that can lead to incorrect predictions of happiness. 39:59 - The professor shares a study on happiness after traumatic accidents, highlighting our ability to adapt and find happiness again. 42:13 - The professor presents an experiment on racial bias and how our behavior can be influenced by social context. 45:15 - The results of the experiment show how our feelings and actions can be influenced by external factors. 46:34 - The professor discusses the challenges of acting in alignment with our values in difficult situations. Thanks MIT for this free wonderful content. I am not going through lectures by order but my interest, so above is just index for convenient record keeping.
This is for the professor. I have always over analyzed everything. I've also finally realized over the past year that I want to know why I think, act, and react the way I do. I really really loved this course and I think you did an amazing job. Just so happens you picked BOTH mine and my son's birthday. What percent of people have told you that those 2 birthdays are significant? Has it happened before? YOU ARE AN AWESOME TEACHER I AM GOING TO CONTINUE THANK YOU!
This was so good. I said I'd watch only 5 mins cuz I'm sick rn, but I end up watching everything. It was somehow nice. I feel a little better too. Can't wait for my psychology class this September. Starting college.
Wish there’s alot of professors like him, Not just like any lecturer that sits and let student stress themselves to memorize what lesson they have tackled. Instead they explain it deeper with fun activities, They should learn the importance of teaching in a fun and exciting way this will not just beneficial for us but also for the future of our nations.
The three lines at the beginning are actually only in theory all the same length. This illusion is being supported by the placement of the centerpoint which is the origin for the two secondary shorter lines. Notice that this point is set directly on the line in the proclaimed shorter line of the three and set directly beside the proclaimed longest line. Obviously the illusion functions perfectly without this placement but I think it is not deniable that it is supported grately by it.
The idea he presents at the beginning about lots of things being rooted in psychology was exactly the idea I've had. Some things like art seem to be purely psychological phenomenon, something like Philosophy as well. And even sciences that have to deal with understanding the objective world outside of our minds are still filtered by our perception and ability to perceive it
Ayo this is so cool. I wish my college professors were this fun with their subject. They be reading the PPTs out or just showing us poorly animated RU-vid lectures.
Great Video with nice explanations. All the Visual /optical illusions like criss-cross effect, The koffka ring, and White's illusion clearly show that even for simple things our minds make certain assumptions about how we interpret the world and that drives everything that we see and how we act upon what we see.
I'm a teen who actually thinks seriously about acknowledging myself with psychology , it's definitely interesting and actually might help me understand people's behavior and interpret their activities and their way of thinking
It is such a great lecture too informative and helpful for a person like me . I am a student of some stupid University. After watching this lecture I have gathered courage to study hard. I might try to get into elite Universities after my graduation. Thanks for such content.❤❤ Lots of love from India.
I’m taking Psych 101 at a different school to get my required classes over with. I already work full time, run my own business, and volunteer for the human society so I’m hard pressed to find the time to actually read the textbooks. So this is very helpful. I can download the lectures, listen to them while I’m at work, and then do my assignments. It helps that it’s essentially the same class, although MIT seems to go a little bit more in depth than ours does. Perhaps one day I’ll be able to pursue my doctorate with MIT. I often listen to these lectures, even if I’m not taking the course or if it’s related to my field of study. It’s just great having open access to one of the most prestigious schools on the east coast to learn new stuff with. And because of these free lectures I do have my sights set on getting my doctorate here. MIT has definitely earned my respect
oh, thank you, so much. i like psychology because it helps me understand others, in my own way. i think all subjects should dedicate themselves to give light to human beings, even to the utmost miserable.
