In this first week of lecture, Prof. Pizarro discusses the science of psychology, the breadth of topics covered by psychologists, and the basic goals of the course.

In this lecture, Prof. Pizarro discusses the scientific method, the varieties of research design used by psychologists, and offers a selection of some common methods employed by research psychologists.

In this lecture, Prof. Pizarro discusses the basic assumptions behind psychologists studying the brain, the general structure of the brain, the role of neurotransmitters, how some psychoactive drugs work, and the plasticity of the brain.

In this lecture, Prof. Pizarro discusses the way we acquire knowledge about the external world--sensing and perceiving.

What is sleep? Why do we sleep? How much do we sleep? How much -should- we sleep? What are dreams and why do we have them?

In this lecture Prof. Pizarro discusses the process of attention, how it influences memory, the various types of memory, and how and when memories fail

In this lecture, Prof. Pizarro discusses learning theory, and the theoretical and experimental approach of behaviorism in psychology.

In this lecture, Prof. Pizarro discusses what emotions are, research on 'basic' emotions and the facial expression of emotion, and the role of culture in shaping emotion.

In this lecture, Prof. Pizarro discusses the quirks of human judgment and decision making, and the nature of human (ir)rationality.

In this lecture, Prof. Pizarro discusses the psychology of intelligence and how it is measured.

In this lecture, Prof. Pizarro discusses personality-individual differences in the ways in which people tend to think, feel and behave.

In this lecture, Prof. Pizarro discusses two big ideas from research in social psychology: the power of the situation, and the 'specialness' of the self.

In this final lecture, Prof. Pizarro talks about some research he never got to talk about, then makes some concluding remarks about psychological science, and the ending of the course.