PSYCH 137G
Social Cognitive Neuroscience
Description: Lecture, three hours. Principles of social cognitive neuroscience (SCN) and survey of broad array of topics in field. SCN is fundamental merging of social science questions and neuroscience methods, with particular emphasis on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2025 - The content of the class is really interesting imo. The only criticism I have is that the lectures had so much information there's barely a moment to breath. The lecture slides themselves are not very informative so if you didn't catch something he said, you'd have to rewatch the lecture. He also packed so much content into one class period we often ran out of time and had to push it into the next lecture. That being said, the content was interesting enough for me to actually care to pay attention. His lectures are structured by introducing an idea, sharing a bunch of studies that researched the idea, and then presenting the final findings and conclusions of all the studies (with a lot of them being done by him or his colleagues lol). Maybe it's just me, but this made it a little hard to keep track of what information was important. Because of this, I recommend not studying the exact process of each study, but focusing on the conclusions and how it contributed to the overall "idea" presented at the beginning. I got a B on the midterm but 100% on the final by changing how I was studying. The reading also isn't technically required, and I typically never do the readings for my classes, but I found it to be really helpful as it solidified by understanding of the topics (esp bc I spaced out a lot in lecture). He also offers a lot of EC (3.5% for attending at least 70% of content lectures and another 1.5% (?) for participating SONA studies (3 credits max)). I think he also mentioned that he curves your grade if you're close to an A. The midterm and final (not cumulative) are both worth 40%, and then the final 20% is a one-spaced paper about how any of the topics taught changed your perspective on the social world or something, but tbh as long as you put in basic effort and submit something you're guaranteed 100% on that. Overall, the class did require some brain power and I actually had to lock in during lecture, but I def think it's very doable. I really did enjoy this class and would love to take another class with prof lieberman in the future !
Winter 2025 - The content of the class is really interesting imo. The only criticism I have is that the lectures had so much information there's barely a moment to breath. The lecture slides themselves are not very informative so if you didn't catch something he said, you'd have to rewatch the lecture. He also packed so much content into one class period we often ran out of time and had to push it into the next lecture. That being said, the content was interesting enough for me to actually care to pay attention. His lectures are structured by introducing an idea, sharing a bunch of studies that researched the idea, and then presenting the final findings and conclusions of all the studies (with a lot of them being done by him or his colleagues lol). Maybe it's just me, but this made it a little hard to keep track of what information was important. Because of this, I recommend not studying the exact process of each study, but focusing on the conclusions and how it contributed to the overall "idea" presented at the beginning. I got a B on the midterm but 100% on the final by changing how I was studying. The reading also isn't technically required, and I typically never do the readings for my classes, but I found it to be really helpful as it solidified by understanding of the topics (esp bc I spaced out a lot in lecture). He also offers a lot of EC (3.5% for attending at least 70% of content lectures and another 1.5% (?) for participating SONA studies (3 credits max)). I think he also mentioned that he curves your grade if you're close to an A. The midterm and final (not cumulative) are both worth 40%, and then the final 20% is a one-spaced paper about how any of the topics taught changed your perspective on the social world or something, but tbh as long as you put in basic effort and submit something you're guaranteed 100% on that. Overall, the class did require some brain power and I actually had to lock in during lecture, but I def think it's very doable. I really did enjoy this class and would love to take another class with prof lieberman in the future !
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