Head Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Psychological Science (Daniel Gilbert)

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2021

One of Harvard's iconic survey courses for more than 20 years, Introduction to Psychological Science is an owner's manual for the human mind. Covering topics such as memory, consciousness, sleep, dreams, language, racism, sex, violence, and more, the course is led by Professor Daniel Gilbert (Links to an external site.), the best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness (Links to an external site.) and host of the award-winning PBS television series This Emotional Life (Links to an external site.) whose TED talks (Links to an external site.) have been viewed more than 30 million times.

Students attend lectures, read textbook chapters, and take two exams. Students are also eligible to join the "Chapter Zero Book Club," in which they read chapters from popular psychology books and discuss them in section. 

Syllabus1.14 MB