Welcome to the Course.

We have had two previous versions of this course and we've been known as the cognitive cannibals and the human beans! The last session participants were the human beans and so we take that name to begin and greet you all to the course.

We will cover these topics as follows:

• Week 1: A Brief History and Introduction to the Science of Psychology
• Week 2: The Matter of the Mind
• Week 3: Sensation, Perception, Attention and Awareness
• Week 4: Learning
• Week 5: Memory and Conscious Experience
• Week 6: The Social Mind
• Week 7: Mental Illness
• Week 8: Your Requested Lectures!

Content Presentation:

The lectures for each module will contain 8 videos of approximately 10 to 15 minutes each (some closer to 20). There will be short multiple-choice quizzes at the end of each lecture as well as varied assignments.

Quizzes:

We will be using Coursera for our quizzes throughout the course. Most will follow multiple choice and short answer for immediate autograded marks.

Assignments:

Mid course we will be doing a written peer assessment activity worth 20% of your mark.

Textbook:

There is no assigned textbook for the course and the readings/videos that Steve mentions in his lectures are all optional.

Discussion Forums:The forums provide a place for students to meet others with shared interests and compare notes on what they’ve learned in class. They also create a community to support and help one another through problems. Please be respectful of one another at all times.

The breakdown of graded assignments is as follows:

Midterm test (40%)

Peer Assessment Activity (20%)

Final test (40%)

In order to receive a certificate you must achieve a grade of 70% or greater. NOTE: There is a fee for the certificate. Still, you can take the course for interest.

Accessibility

The University of Toronto, along with Coursera strive to make our content accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities. Towards this end, we continually strive to make our web platform even friendlier to screen readers and other accessibility-related software, and also provide closed captioning on all of our lecture videos. If you have any accessibility questions or needs, please contact accessibility@coursera.org.

If you have a documented disability or encounter an accessibility problem please visit the documented disability page in the student support center.

Minimum Technical Requirements:

You will need to be able to access video content as well as navigate through the interactive tools, quizzes and peer assessment assignments provided on this web site in order to complete the course. While wide bandwidth is helpful, you may also use the "download" function to the right of the each video clip link if you need to store it locally in order to access the content more effectively. Some of the Coursera platform tools require a recent browser, so please ensure you have a recent version available when completing quizzes and assessment.