This course provides an introduction to the basic concepts that form the foundation of the field of psychology. Topics include history of psychology, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, and life-span development. Class lectures emphasize an empirical approach to a scientific understanding of human behavior across these domains. In addition to learning basic content information about psychology, students will learn how psychologists ask questions, evaluate evidence, and communicate with each other.
心理学是现代生活中人们最广泛涉及的主题，无论是生活中的衣食住行，还是工作中的为人处世，都离不开心理学，都需要心理学的知识和帮助。世界有三大谜：物质起源之谜、生命起源之谜、意识起源之谜，心理学就是探索关于意识起源之谜的科学。心理学研究领域丰富而广泛，且与许多学科有交叉，每一个学生都可能从中找到自己感兴趣的领域。本课程从认知、学习、情感、人际、健康、行为不同侧面介绍心理学知识，以回答学生们在探索自我、认识社会与思考人生的困惑。 这门课将以英文授课，欢迎热爱心理学并且希望提高英语水平的同学一起探索心理学的灿烂星空。
1.1 What is behavior
1.2 Topics in Psychology
1.3 The story of the frontal lobe
1.4 The history of psychology
1.5 Schools of thoughts in Psychology
二、Brain
2.1 The Origin of Brain Research
2.2 Brain Structure
2.3 Brain Facts，Brain Stem，Cerebellum and，The Limbic System
2.4 Cerebral Cortex
2.5 The Neuron and The Nervous System
三、 Sensation and Perception
3.1 Color Vision
3.2 Visual Illusions
3.3 The Da Vinci Code
3.4 Top-down Processing
3.5 Perceptual Organization
3.6 Innate and acquired ability in perception
3.7 Adaptive nature of perception
3.8 Auditory Perception
3.9 Perceptions of Smell, Taste and other senses
3.10 Summary of Sensation and Perception
四、Memory and Attention
4.1 What is memory
4.2 Attention and sensory memory
4.3 Working memory
4.4 Memory encoding and storage
4.5 Long-term memory and contextual effects
4.6 Why do people forget
4.7 False memory
4.8 Characteristics of memory
4.9 Summary: A map of memory
五、Life Span Development（part 1）
5.1 Overview of development over the life span
5.2 Prenatal development
5.3 Neonatal development
5.4 Infancy：sensory and motor development
5.5 Theory of attachment
5.6 Language acquisition
五、Life Span Development（part 2）
5.7 Emergence of knowledge
5.8 Theory of mind
5.9 Parenting styles
5.10 Adolescence
5.11 Adulthood
5.12 Old age
5.13 Issue in development psychology
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