How do we go from being
that little thing that
pops out of a human being into
this full fledged mature adult?
How does a bundle of
nerve cells make you you?
Why do we find some people
attractive and not others?
Is everybody as miserable as me?
I think so.
But we'll answer that question.
Psychology is a great
topic to study for everyone.
We all have
intuitions about why
people behave the way they do.
But these intuitions
are often wrong.
I think the more that
we can understand people,
that we can do a lot
of good in the world.
Fundamentally, the
goal of this course
is to teach you the basics
of how the human mind works.
What is the psychology behind
people then that the world up
into us and them?
What do we mean by
normality and abnormality?
There are ways to raise
our levels of happiness.
Are smart phones
destroying a generation?
And by the way, that
generation is you.
Lie detectors, they're
more likely to label
an innocent person guilty
than a guilty person innocent.
Where does your conception
of good and evil come from?
We are the
product of our genes
and our environment, neither
of which we got to choose.
The mind is what
the brain does.
Now we're going to
shift to social anxiety.
Does psychotherapy work?
This is where
the magic happens.
Let me tell you something
about testing hypotheses.
Don't test theories
on your roommates.
You might be one of
these scientists who
thinks of something new
that we need to think about.
"- We're really close to solving
some fundamental mysteries,
and this actually might
lead to a better world.
Welcome to Introduction
to Psychology.
Let's get started.
Let's get started.
Let's get started.
Let's get started.
Let's get started.
Let's get started.
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