Psychology

Mind and Behavior: What is the subconscious? How much can we trust our memory? Do other animals have languages? Can intelligence be developed or artificially created? Are you born with your personality or do you learn it? We will make an introduction to psychology, the study of mind and behavior, by answering these questions and more. Subjects to be discussed include perception, communication, memory, learning, decision-making, sleep, emotions, religion, and understanding of art. We will discuss how these mental abilities change from person to person, develop from childhood, the location that they correspond to in the brain, and what we can learn from disease- and accident-induced "short circuits" or psychopathology