Intro Mini-Lecture (12 minutes)

This is my only lecture for the week, giving you an overview for the week, connecting the dots of the different things you will study this week via the over-arching theme of "How We Know What We Know." Also, at the end are some practical tips on how to navigate the course this week.

(Audio Recording of Mini-Lecture)

(Mini-Lecture with Transcript)

Video Group 1

This week, I've curated some great videos for you from different sources that will really help you learn. The average video length is probably about 6 minutes, and the longest is 11 minutes - they are all short and sweet. A couple of them are from some free educational video sources - PBS and CrashCourse - and they are both entertaining and even funny while covered some of the very heady topics within your textbook.

*STRONG SUGGESTION: Go back and forth between your textbook readings and the videos, so that they fill in each other, until the material really makes sense to you. Try to think of how it applies to you personally, and take in the anecdotal examples given; it'll help you remember the concepts if you have some real-life examples to hang them on.

Ok - without further ado, let's go!

To kick it off, let's start with a 2 fun videos that just might blow your mind, if you haven't seen them before (click on the hyperlinks which will take you to YouTube):

1. Short video (1:41) on Perception and Attention used in an experiment by researcher Daniel Simons: The Monkey Business Illusion

2. A bit longer video (8:47), also about Perception and Attention, of a TED talk performance of the "world's greatest pick-pocket": The Art of Misdirection

Video Group 2:

1. "CrashCourse" Psychology Mini-Lecture (9:59) on How Perception is Organized (Funny and well-done, but fast-moving): Perceiving is Believing

NEXT STEP: After reading your textbook, go to the Group Discussion on this topic: "Reaction to Videos" and answer the prompt there. Then move onto the next group of videos and readings, and after that Group Discussion, there will be a quiz covering the entire module's content. Enjoy the process of learning! Enjoy This is some neat stuff. Enjoy thinking about it and discussing about it. Learning can be fun.