This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Help   |   Contact Us

 

Affect: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects of "Feelings"

Painting of a man wearing a dark coat and fur-lined hat with a bandage on the left side of his head.

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent van Gogh. (Image is taken from WebMuseum Web site.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

9.68

As Taught In

Spring 2009

Level

Undergraduate

Course Features

Course Description

Affect is to cognition and behavior as feeling is to thinking and acting, or as values are to beliefs and practices. Considers these relations, both at the psychological level of organization and also in terms of their neurobiological and sociocultural counterparts. In addition to attending weekly class sessions and doing regular homework assignments, students are required to participate in small study groups that meet independently for two hours per week.

Chorover, Stephan. 9.68 Affect: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects of "Feelings", Spring 2009. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-68-affect-biological-psychological-and-social-aspects-of-feelings-spring-2009 (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA


For more information about using these materials and the Creative Commons license, see our Terms of Use.


Close