Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
PSY
Course Subject
PSY
Course Number
5420
Course Section
01
Course Title
Belief in the Brain
Academic Term and Year
Fall 2016
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
O, Q
Area of Study
PSY
Course Description
Goals: To introduce students to the concept of human belief and doubt in philosophy, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. The course primarily aims to explore the differences of two theoretical belief models with emphasis on how each one of these belief models may shape our society. This includes issues dealing with the right of free speech, mass communications, advertising, propaganda, lie detection, and religious beliefs. Students will cultivate their own perspectives with cumulative essays and in class discussion, as well as improving lecture skills with multiple in class presentations. Content: Wide-ranging perspectives on human belief: philosophical, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience; lesion method in cognitive neuroscience, prefrontal cortex functionality, cognitive science of religion, authoritarianism, dual-processing, cognitive dissonance. Taught: Annually Prerequisite: PSY 3420 or PSY 3570 (grades of C- or better), or instructor permission Credits: 4
Recommended Citation
Asp, Erik, "PSY5420-01.Belief in the Brain.F16.Asp,Erik" (2016). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 11791.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/11791