This course explores various aspects of human psychology, neuroscience, and critical thinking through a series of lectures and talks. The learning outcomes include understanding topics such as time management, irrational decisions, confidence boosting, and ethical dilemmas. The course teaches skills like critical thinking, analyzing art, and improving time perception. The teaching method involves watching lectures by different experts in the field. The intended audience for this course is individuals interested in psychology, neuroscience, critical thinking, and human behavior.
Overview
Syllabus
How to manage your time more effectively (according to machines) - Brian Christian.
Why incompetent people think they're amazing - David Dunning.
Why do people join cults? - Janja Lalich.
How do focus groups work? - Hector Lanz.
Would winning the lottery make you happier? - Raj Raghunathan.
Why are we so attached to our things? - Christian Jarrett.
The neuroscience of imagination - Andrey Vyshedskiy.
Why do we feel nostalgia? - Clay Routledge.
The psychology behind irrational decisions - Sara Garofalo.
Why is being scared so fun? - Margee Kerr.
Should you trust unanimous decisions? - Derek Abbott.
5 tips to improve your critical thinking - Samantha Agoos.
The psychology of narcissism - W. Keith Campbell.
What is depression? - Helen M. Farrell.
Why do we dream? - Amy Adkins.
3 tips to boost your confidence - TED-Ed.
Who am I? A philosophical inquiry - Amy Adkins.
Inside the minds of animals - Bryan B Rasmussen.
How people rationalize fraud - Kelly Richmond Pope.
Ideasthesia: How do ideas feel? - Danko Nikolić.
Why we love repetition in music - Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis.
How art can help you analyze - Amy E. Herman.
What is déjà vu? What is déjà vu? - Michael Molina.
Should you trust your first impression? - Peter Mende-Siedlecki.
The hidden meanings of yin and yang - John Bellaimey.
What color is Tuesday? Exploring synesthesia - Richard E. Cytowic.
How do you know whom to trust? - Ram Neta.
The difference between classical and operant conditioning - Peggy Andover.
Rethinking thinking - Trevor Maber.
The Key to Media's Hidden Codes - Ben Beaton.
An exercise in time perception - Matt Danzico.
What is consciousness? - Michael S. A. Graziano.
How does the Rorschach inkblot test work? - Damion Searls.
Game theory challenge: Can you predict human behavior? - Lucas Husted.
Can you outsmart this logical fallacy? - Alex Gendler.
Do politics make us irrational? - Jay Van Bavel.
Why do people fear the wrong things? - Gerd Gigerenzer.
The dark history of IQ tests - Stefan C. Dombrowski.
How do our brains process speech? - Gareth Gaskell.
Ethical dilemma: The burger murders - George Siedel and Christine Ladwig.
Can you outsmart the fallacy that fooled a generation of doctors? - Elizabeth Cox.
The rise of modern populism - Takis S. Pappas.
Evolution’s great mystery - Michael Corballis.
How to outsmart the Prisoner’s Dilemma - Lucas Husted.
Why people fall for misinformation - Joseph Isaac.
Are all of your memories real? - Daniel L. Schacter.
Can you outsmart the fallacy that started a witch hunt? - Elizabeth Cox.
Can you outsmart a troll (by thinking like one)? - Claire Wardle.
How fast is the speed of thought? - Seena Mathew.
Do personality tests work? - Merve Emre.
Uncovering the brain's biggest secret - Melanie E. Peffer.
Can you outsmart the apples and oranges fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox.
This tool will help improve your critical thinking - Erick Wilberding.
How do you know what's true? - Sheila Marie Orfano.
Taught by
TED-Ed
