Question to check
Begin with a familiar but unresolved question about growth-mindset feedback, replies, or peer response.
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Social psychology and responsible AI
Questions about friendshipand feelings, tested with data.
Grades 7-12 students study growth mindset, the adolescent brain, peer feedback, and emotion with privacy-safe data and AI.
Public research sources · No university affiliation
- Stanford PsychologyGrowth mindset
- Stanford MedicineIndividual brain dynamics
- Harvard Brain SciencePeer feedback
- GitHub Open ResearchReproducible projects
Stanford · Harvard public researchThis independent CIT course teaches students to read public papers and researcher resources critically. It is not an official or certified course of any institution shown.
Question, method, result, and limits
Students do not jump from an observation to a conclusion. They record possible explanations and limits.
- 18 sessions120 minutes each
- Grades 7-12Options based on readiness
- Onsite or onlineBlended by arrangement
- One-to-one or small groupAdjusted to student needs
The direct answer
What is a social psychology and AI course?
It is not a class that asks AI to judge friends or diagnose emotions. Students turn an everyday social question into something they can check with privacy-safe data.
- Psychology
- Students study how growth-mindset feedback, believing that someone is watching, peer feedback, and emotion regulation may affect choices and behavior.
- Data
- They change one condition, compare results, and repeat a check to separate an observation from a cause.
- AI
- They compare AI methods that find emotion cues in Korean text or draw friendship graphs. The AI gives no answer when confidence is low.
- Research ethics
- They use public data, professionally written fictional situations, and fictional class data instead of studying real friends.
From research question to student experiment
- Stanford PsychologyGrowth mindset
- Stanford MedicineIndividual brain dynamics
- Harvard Brain ScienceAdolescent development
- GitHub ProjectsMethods and limits
The sequence of one session
Every session starts with a prediction, not a conclusion.
Students make a prediction or inspect data within the first 15 minutes. They then produce a result and check whether another explanation is possible.
Small experiment
Change one condition in a fictional task or use public data to check the prediction.
Produce a result
Use a simple calculation or AI method to organize the result in a table or graph.
Check another explanation
Review the number of participants, order, context, and other explanations before stating the result.
Privacy by design
Answers found without making a friend the subject.
A useful research question does not justify collecting personal data. Students design experiments that work without it from the beginning.
- No real names, contact details, private messages, or group chats are collected.
- Faces, location, health, family, and grade data are not given to AI.
- Public data, fictional class data, and combined group results come first.
- AI never claims to know a person's emotion or personality. It gives no answer when confidence is low.
Research context
Practice in judging research by its method, not its university
Stanford growth-mindset research, Stanford Medicine work on individual brain dynamics, and Harvard adolescent peer-feedback research connect to course questions. Students inspect samples, methods, and interpretive limits.
Social Brain Lab is independently designed by CIT. It is not an official, affiliated, certified, or jointly developed course of Stanford University, Stanford Medicine, Harvard University, or any institution linked below.
Sources shown with limits
- StanfordGrowth-mindset experiment
- Stanford MedicineLimits of brain averages
- HarvardPeer-feedback research
- GitHubStudent research record
01National randomized growth-mindset experimentStudents read effect size and school context in a study of 12,490 ninth-grade students across 65 U.S. public high schools.
02Stanford Medicine individual brain dynamicsWork with more than 4,000 children shows why group averages cannot diagnose or predict an individual student.
03Effort for peer feedback studyStudents inspect a behavioral task with participants ages 12-23 and question its generalization limits.
04Harvard Youth Voice PlaybookStudents review ways for young people to help choose research questions and activities.
Visible outcomes
A record another person can check
Explorer, Builder, and Researcher options change the amount of guidance and independent work. The question and evidence rules stay the same.
From public university research to student-owned work
- Stanford QuestionsRead evidence
- Stanford MedicineIndividual differences
- Harvard MethodsExperiment design
- GitHub PortfolioCode and research record
- An experiment another person can checkStudents change starting conditions and settings to see how much the result changes.
- Tables and graphsStudents record the spread of answers, uncertainty, and exceptions alongside averages.
- Result and limits reportStudents separate what the data show from what remains unknown.
- Research poster and GitHub project folderThe question, method, result, ethics rules, and next check are organized for review.
Frequently asked questions
Format and starting requirements
What is Social Brain Lab?
It is an 18-session course for Grades 7-12. Students study questions about friendship, emotion, relationships, and social judgment with privacy-safe data and AI.
Is the course online only?
No. CIT offers both onsite classes at its Apgujeong campus and online classes. A blended arrangement may also be discussed around the student's schedule and needs.
Is the course one-to-one only?
No. The course can run one-to-one or in a small group. Team activities follow the same readiness and privacy rules.
Do students provide real messages or information about friends?
No. The course does not collect real names, private messages, contact details, faces, location, or health data. It prioritizes public data, fictional class data, and combined group results.
Can a student begin without prior psychology or coding experience?
Yes. After a readiness review, the student uses the Explorer, Builder, or Researcher option. The question stays the same while the amount of guidance and independent work changes.
Start with a question
We start from the question the student already has.
We review current coding experience, research interests, and the intended output, then choose one-to-one or small-group and onsite or online delivery.