Lec 2 | MIT 9.00SC Introduction to Psychology, Spring 2011

[@ihappy7777]

I am sitting under a tree in a village in India and studding psychology, taught by a professor teaching in MIT. Thank you internet.

[@himanshupratapsingh1603]

Thank JIO

[@saninero6629]

@@himanshupratapsingh1603 he pays for jio, he should thank mit

[@geniusturner341]

Haha ... what an awesome comment!

[@olgatsyganenko6287]

I feel you, man :) Greetings from a small town in Ukraine!

[@prakhartiwari7881]

Next Newton on the way fellas!!

[@VOIPWoot]

maybe its me but he comes off as really love Psychology. Best kind of people to learn from.

[@lacifersartgallery9332]

My old psych teacher was like this. Coming vack 10 years to relearn and it's refreshing to see someone talk about this subject so ecstatically

[@SonofHannder]

This guy loves what he does

[@Dian-kb2hg]

Until he's the patient being worsen

[@Sneeches0]

this is an amazing time we live in. Knowledge is free and available for the taking. all we have to do is stop and pick it up.

[@heartfreckle2913]

im so entranced by his lectures - they’re so thought-inducing, u can rlly tell that he does what he does because he loves it. so glad to have this series act as an eye-opener to the basics of psychology as an aspiring psychologist!

[@Profwilde]

I love his quirky demeanors.

[@unknown-jd3dz]

Yes, like his ahah aha aha laugh

[@nupurnishant6911]

Me too

[@audreygardner4984]

Yes my favorite

[@mbonelelimkhize5338]

They make him really intresting right?

[@sijsnsbjdjjdjd6949]

Добрый

[@avnish054]

an ordinary boy from a small village of Bihar is now privileged to learn a course from MIT by such great professor. Thank you Universe 😊

[@apfelj5316]

I can listen to him telling all kinds of psychology stories forever, so contagiously happy and passionate! Thanks MIT! Thanks Professor John Gabrieli!

[@morgan2960]

These lectures have been so helpful to me as a teenager hoping to become a psychologist like my parents one day! Thank you Professor Gabrieli!

[@Nobody-fy7tw]

Hey kind advice from a student who is actually nobody from nowhere If you really want to become a psychologist then ask a lot of questions from your parents A lot means a lot Because Being a student from a nobody's family I know how great it is to have your parents as your teachers

[@Gomer._.]

My parents didn’t let me do wathc these things as a teenager bc they’re witch craft!

[@shoron70]

hlw,bro did you fulfill your dream

[@kookiemonster7994]

He is a good professor. He is good at his job, he cares and it shows he wants you to truly learn.

[@gracekregelisawesome]

52:55 you can tell by his laugh that he genuinely enjoys talking about what he teaches. Being confident in what you teach, and engaging enough to elicit a laugh from your students when you slip a joke in shows a lot about how good of a professor he is!

[@thug588]

really

[@roostersmith1385]

I love this class. God bless the internet and MIT. Beautiful, thnks professor G!

[@funournour9585]

@wise guy its the name of the college who does the video

[@kennethwanyoike5029]

I am studying Phycology from Kenya and I think this professor is awesome! He makes it so understable. Thanks MIT.

[@srimuharyati2387]

Terimakasih banyak. Saya di Klirong, Kebumen, Indonesia bisa menonton dan belajar banyak sekali dari seorang MIT professor

[@karensilver8853]

This is a prerequisite to understanding the human brain course taught by Nancy Kanwisher and I'm enjoying him enormously. He's a terrific teacher. I worked in Neuroscience research for almost 20 years and the stuff we knew then is so primitive now.

[@madogmgd]

I agree with you fully. It is the same thing with using I.Q tests as an accurate measure of intelligence. Factors such as mood, concentration, energy levels etc., play a role in how well you do on the test. If such an experiment were carried out, we would have to keep these factors in mind and take the results with a grain of salt. However, such an experiment would give us an insight into the learning process of the student and help further research into helping students learn better.

[@skybirdnomad]

Also IQ only measures a very limited aspect of intelligence. Theres other things way more powerful and meaningful such as emotional control, social awareness, grit, the ability to recognize the intentions of others and see past outward rhetoric And when it comes to mastery of a field of study, nothing compares to passion and persistent focus

[@michaeldawson1194]

@@skybirdnomad hey there! I wrote that comment 10 years ago and wow, so much has changed. I've finished grad school and am now in a career related to psychology and philosophy. Funny how that works haha. I think IQ is entirely a sham and it is frontloaded with a bunch of classist stuff.

[@CoolstuffIlike555]

this is the most interesting psychology lecture ive ever listened to. so good.

[@kelitobrigante4338]

i like this professor. Those stats are wonderfully interesting

[@namasteanil]

love MIT and sometimes I wonder ..what. wonderful thing internet is ....blessed !!

[@zuccdib9802]

+

[@lee_uwu7320]

He is honestly the most likeable teacher i have ever seen

[@rosskious7084]

At 15:15 you have to add in the decision time for choosing which key to press. The best way to gauge the reaction time to color is to press the button ( only one ) if it is red and not if it is green . Then you have the true reaction time.

[@stressed-out-goose]

I’m 13, and listening to this professor made me want to study psychology when I’m older.

[@tyranmcgrathmnkklkl]

Study it, and more!

[@Ebbbb131]

If you can listen to all of his classes and still love it, you are definitely made to study it.

[@thesocialmonk7837]

@Jason Hardin why not?

[@antisocialafrican1469]

@@dohnjoe5401 you can study for the love of the subject. not everything you learn has to be for a future job

[@Whoiskelsey]

Same I love psychology and it’s been my dream since I was 6

[@pocok5000]

Penswordking You are right, this result suggest that both effects work to some degree. Men are more likely to say "yes" in general, but when the women are rotating, the two effects cancel each other out.

[@tristentillman5194]

I love how relaxed Gabrieli is, and seems like a friendly guy. Paul Bloom knows his shit and has a few funny moments, but he doesn’t seem as approachable as Gabrieli.

[@rckli]

“Well he did X how come I can’t do X” “Well he did X and got a slap in the wrist / got away with it, I bet I can too” “Well he did X and got caught, but he doesn’t know what I do so I’ll get away with it” “Well he did X perfectly and still got caught - but he doesn’t have my luck” ^ 31:32 here’s what I think goes through the mind of a person who sees X criminal / illegal / immoral / unethical activity and performs the activity. I believe someone who was already going to do X is more likely to do it and that those people are members of society therefor I agree that X happens, you’ll see more X occur. Now, what’s implied is: “if YOU see X, YOURE likely to replicate it” That I cannot agree with. If it is adjusted to: “if you see X, you are more likely to do another version of X” I can see how that would work. I might not murder someone after seeing a murder, but I might give ‘em the cold shoulder - for me, acting as though you’re dead is the equivalent of killing you…. Psychology is fun 😊🎉

[@123abbymom]

I'm taking this course this summer, so happy i could have an idea what this course is going to be about thx MIT

[@saadibnasaadhusain]

The linear algebra professor ought to erase the board at the end of the lecture.

[@gtarules1]

He's a dick for not erasing the board.

[@zaimahbegum-diamond1660]

sa'ad ibn Asaad Husain omg that was annoying me too

[@nsx001]

I EXPECTED THINGS LIKE THIS DON'T HAPPEN AT MIT AND HARVARD???

[@saadibnasaadhusain]

wise guy Look at the math on the blackboard. That’s linear algebra :)

[@saadibnasaadhusain]

wise guy That’s not the point. The previous class was linear algebra and the professor from linear algebra neglected to erase the board.

[@emmaorlov6061]

This man loves what he does makes me want to study psychology more and more

[@stefanoviviani6064]

So grateful for these MIT open courses, thank you! On a side note, we should stop judging and giving responsibility to people (including ourselves). If a crime or a misdeed is committed, a society should act to protect its citizens by limiting the perpetrator ability to do it again (through jail, hospitals, therapy etc..). To judge is in our human nature, yet I think we would better put that off

[@torosalvajebcn]

Very easy to answer, the online version is better, you can rewind, watch the difficult parts over and over,google stuff,etc.

[@phsopher]

(cont) On the other hand, if you feel that it's just part of your studies and you have to be there you might not be as interested. Plus, since this is MIT, I suspect many have other majors and might just have needed a course to fill some quota and in fact aren't as interested as people who actively sought the lectures out online. In short, I think there are so many factors at play that the effect of the experience of sitting in a classroom is negligible. I could be wrong of course.

[@knopflerforpresident]

Excellent. Thank you, MIT and Professor Gabrieli. It would be interesting to conduct an experiment that tests the overall quality (in terms of a rating) of the same lecture viewed online versus the lecture experienced physically - i.e. a classroom experience. In which situation are people more likely to 'learn' and, therefore, rate the lecture accordingly?

[@SultanKhan-kf4wq]

seems interesting

[@manavnaik1607]

I just read Freakanomics. It was a very good book, I do reccomend it and it was awesome seeing it referenced in this video

[@yuviaflorez221]

The bright rat or dull rat explains a lot and gave me insight on a personal issue thank you so much

[@bcr07pzu]

thank you very much and very interesting final point. i wondered about the speed dating statistics. To me the graphs imply that the person at the desk is more selective but still that men are less selective then women. as the rotating women are still less selective then the rotating men. Even if sitting at the desk makes you more selective.

[@jamesbunch8932]

Maybe, in the speed dating example, the stationary position primes the desk bound partners to see themselves as judges, or managers; and the rotating position primes people to see themselves as applicants/contestants/ defendants? Could that be why the rotating partners ate more likely to say yes than the stationary ones?

[@justnaturals9921]

Hey that's an interesting perspective!!

[@maurobrunosolavergara5041]

I love this Proffesor he's so charismatic and he has a funny laugh!

[@realleftover]

This professor is beyond amazing. I'd love to hang out with him fr haha

[@Penswordking]

He fumbled on the rotation dating thing at about 56:00. You'd need an exact mirror of the data from when men rotate when the women rotate in order to prove movement is the only factor. John would probably do a face-palm if someone pointed it out to him.

[@trueblissconsciousness2821]

No, he was right it undermines the evolutionary psychology theory just because the stats came out even with the women rotating. The evolutionary psychology hypothesis is null. However, in the next slide he implied that there might be some cultural factors to take into account for that as well.

[@seanbeharry9319]

I understand Environmental effects and how some people grow with the mental pressures they believe is the truth. Even adults from my experiences are still unable to choose ethically to help solve or conclude correctly in many cases.

[@AenimusTCG]

At the 33:00 mark I stopped the video, shook my head, cradled my forehead with both hands and had a slight panic attack. I've always denied the premise that an individual's behaviour is a product of their environment, I can't refute evidence though. How can anyone abandon logic and reasoning just because those around you do it as well? I know it's just loitering, on the surface. But it's applicable to all negative behaviour. I guess when I was asked as a child if a friend would jump off a cliff would I do it as well, I was being honest when I replied no. I guess I'm hopelessly searching for a reason to make me believe that the human species actually serves a purpose on a global scale, it's exhausting.

[@philsteinberg6985]

To preserve, sustain and develop.

[@alanazunikoff4249]

Yes, all behavior is a result of gene-environment interactions. Every event is predetermined by antecedent conditions (environmental and biological). We don't serve an objective purpose, besides to survive and reproduce.

[@AenimusTCG]

@@alanazunikoff4249 Bleak and accurate. Thank you for your input. ✌️☺️

[@alanazunikoff4249]

@@AenimusTCG no problem. Sorry for replying a year late

[@reggyreptinall9598]

I don't think these people are very friendly but I still love them.

[@pinkyyyyyy05]

Glad to come acrossed with these in my algorithm.

[@alexr8502]

Thank you for sharing this. I really love psychology and I think to enrol soon.

[@DaniLinares]

In relation to the money study, more recent studies suggest that the original study does not replicate. Ex: Rohrer, Pahsler and Harris. 2019.

[@DaniLinares]

In relation to the warmth promoting interpersonal warmth study, more recent studies suggest that the original study does not replicate. Ex: Lynott et al. 2014.

[@arrowb3408]

Now my perceptions all wake up back from Lecture 6 to this Lecture 2 for audit this class. Not again. what is going on most of the student in MIT with no responds and answers at all toward this cool Prof.'s question? Kind a disappointed for the student sitting in such top-notch lecture in the world....What a shame and waste!!.......... STF...................

[@harleywright3332]

What the hell is the grammar of this comment?

[@Jspore-ip5rk]

@@harleywright3332 still trying to figure it out

[@phsopher]

Perhaps I'm not getting something but why is he saying that the evolutionary explanation is eliminated in the date selection experiment? Based on those graphs it seems to me that it went from being very asymmetrical to being about the same, which still means that there is an effect that males are less selective. If it was entirely due to who gets up and who stays put then we would expect the reversal of the trend not the disappearance of it. This just shows there are more factors at play.

[@Whoiskelsey]

I’m literally 13 and in love with these lectures this man is so amazing at his job and you can tell he wants to be there teaching 🐸

[@danalopez1761]

I really love psychology and I think to enrol soon

[@life42theuniverse]

1:09:00 I am not sure how applicable the differences between praise for working hard and praise for good work is to the working labourer. They are no longer a 5th grader, there are many more factors to their behaviour to consider...

[@sharatchandrakanth]

Lecture 1 - Introduction Lecture 2 - Science and Research Lecture 3 - Brain I - Structure and Functions Lecture 4 - Brain II - Methods of Research Lecture 5 - Vision I Lecture 6 - Vision II Lecture 7 - Attention Lecture 8 - Consciousness Lecture 9 - Learning Lecture 10 - Memory I Lecture 11 - Memory II - Amnesia and Memory Systems Lecture 12 - Language Lecture 13 - Thinking Lecture 14 - Intelligence Lecture 15 - Emotion and Motivation Lecture 16 - Personality Lecture 17 - Child Development Lecture 18 - Adult Development Lecture 19 - Stress Lecture 20 - Psychopathology I Lecture 21 - Psychopathology II Lecture 22 - Social Psychology I Lecture 23 - Social Psychology II Lecture 24 - Conclusions - Evolutionary Psychology, Happiness

[@ethancroft2560]

Typo at 16:25. John Watson was born in 1878 not 1978.

[@davidfost5777]

I'm always looking for new interesting lectures on Psychology/Philosophy, please let me know if you guys have any recommendations, would be highly appreciated

[@riverbanks9936]

At 16:19 there is an error. it says John B. Watson lived from 1978 - 1958. Should it be 1978?

[@johnny_baba1432]

I really liked his way of talking and smile too :)

[@Sunter6201]

bro i wake up and look at my history to see part 1 and 2 fully watched through the night

[@desiracing3]

Thank you for the free class!

[@farazakhtar1652]

I cant help seeing the linear algebra scribbled in the background

[@gavinreid8351]

The example of littering is probably related to people conforming to the perceived norms of acceptable behaviour.

[@MarkyTeriyaki]

Thank you professor and MIT, amazing course

[@anmolvyasscienceastro7905]

This Lecture is even good For Personality development

[@tommyls4357]

Absolutely. I would imagine we can use Psychology to better our understanding of the people we interact with. Like he said, we all are amateur psychologists :).

[@laveenabachani]

His laughter is like Ross from friends.

[@dalisabe62]

So if I somehow understand this lecture, there is little certainty in our classifications and assumptions, and most importantly, our typical studies based of samples are contaminated with flaws and bias and hence suffer from desired expectations design. As if all the above weren’t enough to question every study finding and methodical presumptions such as evolutionary psychology, we must also select a representative sample for the population under investigation. Is there such a thing such as a representative sample? Of course inferential statistics says yes purely based on mathematical models and computations of degree of confidence and probability, but those models in their very essence disregard the distracting details and only make sense in the most abstract fashion. Summing up all the obstacles facing psychological studies, we must account for the accumulative effect of all possible errors compromising the final findings. The best way to be sure is to be unsure, or so was said.

[@backtoemocovers]

1:06:36 the best part

[@myacorrea8670]

thank you so much for this course. im loving it. Can anyone tell me what the textbook is for this class?

[@jotagalvan]

Great so far

[@jotagalvan]

Here is myy opinion on gravity!

[@suhasinimadhuryachennubhot9342]

Thank you Internet.

[@dantewillow2542]

So if people can act “weird” during experiments and a lot of the subjects come from a specific pool of people, How many Psychological discoveries are we missing out on?

[@pontuslundstrom5831]

I find it *_kind of interesting_* that, having just asked the rhetorical question "How do you know what is true?" and discussed the concept of authority as a source of truth, around 11:24 prof. Gabrieli proceeds to state that there exists "-- procedures and so on that the medical community believes is true, but there's not much scientific evidence behind it, but *_they have to use it every day_* ." Why would they *_have to_* do that? Why does prof. Gabrieli use that modal expression presumably without even thinking about it? Does he *_have to_* say that? More generally, I would be most interested in listening to prof. Gabrieli (or another _authoritative_ person :P) to discuss 1. What processes have lead to the introduction of authority-related modal atoms to natural language? 2. What are the effects of their use to the individual, to communities and to the society in general?

[@danielruatta7141]

I'm wondering if he's referring to some medical procedures that are experimental, and have limited scientific evidence to prove their safety or effectiveness, but nonetheless, are the only option for potentially saving a patient.

[@legomaniacsss]

1:02:38 why are they showing a picture of my parents fighting?

[@abbywhitnah5607]

5:19 the man is not guilty yet he should be held in a safe area until the tumor is successfully removed.

[@chieef4906]

Can someone at MIT can link all the videos of this course ? This professor is great !

[@mitocw]

Full course playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL44ABC9278E2EE706. Course materials: ocw.mit.edu/9-00SCS11. Best wishes on your studies!

[@chieef4906]

@@mitocw thank you.

[@realblender3D]

Well, most of those who watch it online, do it because they find it intresting. You need to put the mentallity into the equation.

[@BELLAROSE21212]

This is similar to the Trivium and quadrivium method of discernment to determine what is true or untrue…

[@TheGribbleNator]

Wow. How sad that the first video has over 260k views and 1.8k likes, but the second one has less than a third. So many undedicated people in this world.

[@jipps7469]

I don't think he was saying that it is causal, just observing the data that he has been given and making an uneducated guess...I agree that there is more variables involved with coming to the conclusion mentioned, but it does not necessarily make it a wrong one, just one with little evidence to support it.

[@TheGribbleNator]

***** Try harder edgelord.

[@christianvukadin7747]

Many people test something out and decide they dont like it. Does not mean they are undedicated.

[@rhysdsouza2584]

r/iamverysmart

[@theneedlessopinion]

Alexa, play Despacito

[@yongchunzhang8373]

yeah, crime was no longer a big issue in NYC and major cities back in 2011. what a world of difference reversing of some of those policies might have made?

[@RobertOden5]

Im highly considering going back to college for psychology. I am curious, if anyone can answer this, are these videos in order(as in is the second video literally from the second day of class) ? Just trying to get a head start before actually returning to college(possibly trying to to use clep to test out of intro to psych at odu if I can).

[@gtarules1]

Yes...

[@suraprod6420]

Thank you . A question pls. If a student is not performing well, and parents links this to a possible thinking that the kid brain is busy to finish studies in order it go back to play , would it benefit to retain the game during school days ? This is the only way to the kid will stop being obstructed while studying ? Kind regards

[@MilnerBenedictIII]

Bravo, Dr. Gabrieli - I enjoyed the lecture very much :) - Milner Benedict III

[@CushingsSx]

The Clofibrate study (clearly exposes those w/ zero baseline knowledge in clinical -biostat ) is a classic elementary bias; lead-time , solution: measure back -end survival for severity of disease, or arrange according to severity of disease. ‘Same as placebo” should be enough hint.. of course it has to be randomized (or its equivalent), at least double-blind RCT (minimum standard)

[@dalisabe62]

“The broken window theory” may sound like a metaphors, but represents a super bug reality, which is a direct consequence of poverty and ruthless capitalism. There are people who are naturally more equipped to face the challenges and demands of life than others. Nevertheless, there are those who fall behind and in need of public economic planning and welfare. We are not exaggerating if we say that poverty is behind crimes, disease, mental illnesses, teenage delinquency, suicide and illiteracy. On the other hand, ruthless capitalism is behind political tension, corruption, war, pollution, economic collapse and failed response to pandemics.

[@majiddehbi9186]

cool i love psychology

[@phsopher]

I'm not sure the results would be very meaningful. People who view online are likely people from other fields who just want to learn more about psychology. People taking the course are also doing readings and discussion sessions as well as take other courses that probably run at least somewhat parallel to the topic, They have also paid a lot of money for it so they are more invested in learning. (cont)

[@daviddahl83]

He told them students are more stressed and less empathetic before they filled out their questionnaire. How will that affect their answers?

[@nurshibumi]

as an aeronautical engineering student sometimes i think how I can consubstantiate this major with that :) any idea????

[@SoldierOfFaith]

Psychology could be helpful in the human relationship aspect but in your case especifically I'd say consumer behavior psychology or some from of statistic analysis focused psychology, which could help predict tendencies in buyer and human interest enabling you, as an engineer, to potentially innovate through products or solve issues related to your field either in the beginning of its appearance on the market or even before it becomes apparent. Classes in Economics or Marketing could also teach that, with less focus on the people side.

[@charlesgallagher3700]

What part of Psychology is the past lives regression? multiple personalities? Why aren't the fields of politics and law filled with people armed with psychology degrees?

[@whatzause]

This comment is at least 10 years after the video, but in case the teacher is still seeing these comments, I submit regardless. Regarding the presence of graffiti contributing (or not) to the probability of littering, it appears, yes, to be a factor. But might the effect of littering also be exacerbated by the presence on the ground of evidence of other littering subjects who have been on the scene before any given new arrival? Assuming all bike owners did not arrive back at the scene at the same time-(and even if they did!)

[@victorsubbiah6077]

with the practical issues which are discussed in this lecture with the current research methods, how good are the results of the psychology researches? how are they considered reliable?

[@stzrgirle]

who else fell asleep on YT and woke up to this video XD no one.. just me, yeah thought so

[@juanjacobomoracerecero6604]

¿How is it used the vectorial product in psychology?

[@AleksAvramJeff]

This is from 2011, if the same trajectory kept happening the level of empathy among people today is alarmingly low.

[@interndoug3513]

24:08 my man thought he was in a Kendrick Lamar song

[@hackerman2724]

21:00

[@aggyanubis5211]

Great professor 👨‍🏫

[@juancarlosherreraburbano194]

Yes now (2023) we know social media is bad specially for teenagers

[@iamfrickincool]

Dude this guy is the man!!

[@TheStevenholland]

Thank you so much, your input has been invaluable, in my personal views.

[@olikalel1196]

Im not even studying psych, just find him entertaining

[@OshoAwareness-bt7sf]

Blackboard may be Erased by someone voluntarily to Get clear view of Great Prof Gabriel ❤