Psychology 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nasal Spray, Cognitive Science, Social Technology

• School: Harvard University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 15
• Professor: Joshua Greene

Document Summary

How to make someone confess to a crime s/he did not commit. How to get people to trust you using a nasal spray. How to name your child so that your child gets better grades. How to make yourself find heavier people more attractive. How to look at yearbook photos and see who will be happy 20 years later: what is science good for, physical technology (kidney transportation device, social technology can be just as powerful. Graph of countries with percentage of people who get an organ who need it (high in austria, belgium, france, etc. and low in denmark, In the high countries, everyone is automatically enrolled as an organ donor and you can opt out if you want. Sections will start on february 7: main assignment: research project (30%) Kahneman, thinking, fast and slow: may read only sections i, ii, and one of iii-v. Buss, the evolution of desire: all of your ancestors got laid.