INQ-110 | Pop Psych

Full Title: Pop Psych

Topic Description:

This course will help you explore and understand different types of popular psychological topics through the analysis of a variety of readings. Readings will be in the form of chapters from popular books on psychological topics (such as The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by neurologist Oliver Sacks, Outliers by science writer Malcolm Gladwell, What It’s Like to Be a Dog by neuroscientist Gregory Burns, The Body Keeps the Score by psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, and others) as well as other, more publicly available science writing columns (such as those appearing in The Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, and others). Critical reading and thoughtful reflections of these readings will form the basis of graded assignments, intended to promote scientific literacy, a skill paramount to being a critical thinker in today’s world, whether interested in a scientific career or not.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: February 2023