Exam 2 multiple choice

Key is posted in the exam info section. 

April 30: Wrap-up Lecture

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April 25: Feeling without Thinking

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April 23: In-class video [This Emotional Life Pt. 1]

Here is some info about the PBS documentary we watched on Monday. You won't be directly asked about the content of the video for the exam, although it helps put many of the topics we've discussed in context, so it might help. And it's interesting.

Many clips of the documentary can be found on Youtube, and it's available on Netflix instant streaming for those of you who have access to it. 

The host, Dan Gilbert, is a social psychologist at Harvard whose research has been mentioned a number of times in the course. You can find his TED talk on happiness here.

April 18: Disgust

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April 16: Emotion and the Brain

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Update on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 10:22PM by David Pizarro

Update: I have uploaded an updated version of the lecture slides, as an astute student pointed out that the section describing HM and Phineas Gage had an error. HM had parahippocampal damage and Phineas Gage had frontal lobe damage--not the reverse. (This represents the only change from the previous version). 

Additional Reading posted in course schedule

Can be downloaded on schedule, or via this link (it's an 8.9MB .pdf, so it may take a few mins depending on your connection). 

Short answer grading key posted

You can download it in the exam section of the website. 

April 11: Happiness

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April 9: Emotional Intelligence

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Final Exam Day/Time

The final exam will be held (in HEC, unless otherwise announced) on  Tuesday, May 15, 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM. 

(The final exam schedule is set by the registrar's office based on the days/times the course meets. The times for all final exams can be found here: http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu/Sched/EXSP.html#final). 

April 4: Forgotten Topics-Visceral Arousal

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March 28: Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive

Today we have an in-class video on a serious emotional disorder, as told through the eyes of a great comedian who suffers from bipolar. The IMDB info on this BBC documentary can be found here. 

There WILL be questions on the material (relating to bipolar disorder) in the film. If you missed class, you can find most of it in the youtube link below, or make an appointment with one of the TAs to view the video on one of the lab computers. 

March 26: Forgotten Topics I-Humor

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March 14: How emotions shape morality (pt.II)

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March 12: How emotions shape morality (pt.1)

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Bonus: Can you feel empathy for an inanimate object? (Spike Jonze's ad for Ikea)

March 7: Emotion and Judgment (II)

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Exam I key

well, an almost complete version. you can download in the exam info section. 

Update on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 11:40AM by David Pizarro

Update: complete exam 1 key is now available in the exam section. 

March 5: Emotion and Judgment (I)

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February 29: Emotion and Memory

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Update on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 11:42AM by David Pizarro

In this lecture I discussed the research of Cornell Psychology Professor Ulric Neisser, who first demonstrated that so-called "flashbulb" memories are characterized as much by their innacuracy as by their vividness. Professor Neisser, who recently passed away, was one of the most influential thinkers in our field (and literally wrote the book on cognitive psychology back in 1967). Here's a link to his obituary at the NY Times. (PDF can be downloaded here if you hit the paywall).