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1、IntroductiontoPsychology:Lecture1TranscriptProfessorPaulBloom:I'dliketowelcomepeopletothiscourse,IntroductiontoPsychology.MynameisDr.PaulBloom.I'mprofessorofthiscourse.Andwhatthisisgoingtobeisacomprehensiveintroductiontothestudyofthehumanmind.So,wearegoingtocoveravery,verywiderangeoftopicsinc
2、ludingbrains,children,language,sex,memory,madness,disgust,racismandlove,andmanyothers.We'regoingtotalkaboutthingsliketheproperexplanationfordifferencesbetweenmenandwomen;thequestionofwhetheranimalscanlearnlanguage;thepuzzleofwhatgrossesusout;theproblemofwhysomeofuseattoomuchandwhatwecoulddoto
3、stop;thequestionofwhypeoplegocrazyingroups;researchintowhetheryoucouldtrustyourchildhoodmemories;researchintowhysomeofusgetdepressedandothersdon't.Thestyleofthisisthere'llbetwolecturesaweek,aswellascoursereadings.Now,todowellinthecourse,youhavetoattendboththelecturesanddothereadings.Therewill
4、besomeoverlap.Insomecases,thelectureswillbequitelinkedtothereadings.Buttherewillbesomepartsofthereadingsthatwillnotfindtheirwayintothelectures,andsomelectures--someentirelecturesthatwillnotconnectatalltothereadings.So,topursuethiscourseproperlyyouhavetodoboth.Whatthismeansisthatifyoumissaclas
5、syouneedtogetnotes,andsoyoushouldgetthemfromafriendorfromthepersonsittingnexttoyou.Theslidesaregoingtobemadeavailableonline.So,oneofthethingsyoudon'thavetodoisyoudon'thavetowritethisdown.Youtakenotesanywayyouchoose,butifyoudon'tgetanythingonthereit'llbeavailableonline.I'mgoingtopostitinaforma
6、twhichwillbeblackandwhiteandeasytoprintoutsoyoudon'thavetoworryaboutthis.Butagain,attendingtotheslidesisnotasubstituteforattendingclass.There'satextbook,PeterGray'sPsychology,5thedition,andthere'salsoacollectionofshortreadings,TheNortonReadereditedbyGaryMarcus.It'sanexcellenttextbook;it'sanex
7、cellentcollection,andyoushouldgetthemboth.They'reavailableatLabyrinthbookstoreonYorkStreetoryougetthemonline.IshouldnotethatlasttimeItaughtthecourseIusedtheMarcusReader,andwhenProfessorMarvinChuntaughthiscourselastsemesterheusedPeterGray's5th
