Course Description

Humans are social animals; social demands, both cooperative and competitive, structure our development, our brain and our mind. This course covers social development, social behaviour, social cognition and social neuroscience, in both human and non-human social animals. Topics include altruism, empathy, communication, theory of mind, aggression, power, groups, mating, and morality. Methods include evolutionary biology, neuroscience, cognitive science, social psychology and anthropology.

Topics : Darwin and Design

• Concepts of Design
• William Wordsworth
• Tintern Abbey
• Romantic Image of Nature
• Human Present and Persistence of Time
• Memory
• Robert Frost

Instructor: Prof. James Paradis

출처: MIT OpenCourseWare site (http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm)