MIT 9.00SC Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2011

An MIT course in the open

This is the Fall 2011 MIT OpenCourseWare run of Introduction to Psychology, taught by John Gabrieli. It surveys the scientific study of human nature, asking how the mind works and how the brain supports it.

Topics covered

The syllabus spans the mental and neural bases of perception, emotion, learning, memory and cognition, along with child development, personality, psychopathology and social interaction. The treatment is scientific in spirit, focusing on how the mind and brain are studied.

Who it suits

• Beginners who want university-level grounding in cognitive science
• Learners who want to hear a full university lecture series
• Readers curious about the brain basis of everyday experience

The material is taught at a beginner level, so no prior study of the subject is assumed. Because it is an archived university recording, the presentation reflects a 2011 course rather than a newer edition.