Five Big Ideas in Psychology non-credit course begins

Each week we will examine a different "big idea". We'll take up: You are more than your brain--the roles of emotions and your body in "thinking". How peers and neighborhood influence children's outcomes; and are they more important than personality traits or birth order? Making decisions and judgments using mental short cuts--do they make us dumb or smart? Evolutionary psychology's attempt to explain everything. Applying psychology--the power of placebos, evidence based practice, the replication crisis. At our first meeting class members will have an opportunity to weigh in about a topic they would like to hear about and so possibly influence my list.

The course meets for five weeks on Tuesdays from 10am to noon, April 3 through May 1. The course is open to the public; Wonderlust members receive a $35 discount.

Register at https://eu.courses.montana.edu/CourseStatus.awp?&course=18SWL5IDEAS

$50 for MSU Wonderlust members or $85 for non-members (membership costs $35)

This course is offered by MSU Wonderlust, a program of MSU Continuing, Professional and Lifelong Learning.