There are 7 modules in this course
What are people most afraid of? What do our dreams mean? Are we natural-born racists? What makes us happy? What are the causes and cures of mental illness? This course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. It explores topics such as perception, communication, learning, memory, decision-making, persuasion, emotions, and social behavior. We will look at how these aspects of the mind develop in children, how they differ across people, how they are wired-up in the brain, and how they break down due to illness and injury.
Curriculum
- 7 Sections
- 99 Lessons
- 14 Hours
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- Module 1Welcome to introduction to psychology4
- Module 222
- 2.1Foundation
- 2.2The astonishing hypothesis
- 2.3Dualism
- 2.4Neurons
- 2.5Parts of the brain
- 2.6Our two brains
- 2.7A bit of humility
- 2.8The Brain
- 2.9Sigmund Freud
- 2.10The psychodynamic approach
- 2.11Stages of development
- 2.12Defense mechanisms
- 2.13Scientific assessment of Freud
- 2.14Taking Freud seriously
- 2.15Freud
- 2.16B.F. Skinner
- 2.17Scientific assessment of Skinner
- 2.18Habituation
- 2.19Classical conditioning
- 2.20Instrumental conditioning
- 2.21Skinner
- 2.22Foundations Module Test20 Minutes12 Questions
- Module 318
- 3.1Development and Language
- 3.2Big questions about development
- 3.3Piaget
- 3.4Piaget’s Developmental Stage Theory
- 3.5Scientific evaluation of Piaget
- 3.6Methods for studying infants
- 3.7How are children different from adults
- 3.8Explanations for development
- 3.9Development
- 3.10What is Language
- 3.11Basic facts about language
- 3.12Phonology
- 3.13Morphology
- 3.14Syntax
- 3.15Language acquisition
- 3.16Language and thought
- 3.17Language
- 3.18Development and Language Module Test20 Minutes10 Questions
- Module 417
- 4.1Learning Objectives
- 4.2From the world to the mind
- 4.3Problems of perception
- 4.4Perception of brightness
- 4.5Perception of objects
- 4.6Perception of depth
- 4.7Attention
- 4.8Perception and attention
- 4.9Important memory distinctions
- 4.10Memory storage
- 4.11Learning
- 4.12TED – Joshua Foer – Feats of memory anyone can do
- 4.13Remembering
- 4.14Failures of memory
- 4.15False memories
- 4.16Memory
- 4.17Cognition Module Test11 Questions
- Module 519
- 5.1Learning Objectives Self and Others
- 5.2Evolution of emotion
- 5.3Why evolution matters
- 5.4Facial expressions
- 5.5Fear
- 5.6Kinship
- 5.7Attachment
- 5.8Prisoner’s dilemma
- 5.9Irrationality and culture
- 5.10Emotions
- 5.11Social animals
- 5.12Self
- 5.13Attribution
- 5.14Liking
- 5.15The psychology of groups
- 5.16Social categories
- 5.17Social categories II
- 5.18Social
- 5.19Self and others – Module Test30 Minutes12 Questions
- Module 617
- 6.1Learning Objectives – Variation
- 6.2How are we different
- 6.3Personality
- 6.4Intelligence
- 6.5Behavioral genetics
- 6.6Major discoveries about genes and environment
- 6.7Parenting
- 6.8Differences
- 6.9Mental illness
- 6.10Schizophrenia
- 6.11Mood disorders
- 6.12Anxiety disorders
- 6.13Dissassociation disorders
- 6.14Personality disorders
- 6.15Therapy
- 6.16Clinical psychology
- 6.17Variation – Module Test30 Minutes12 Questions
- Module 7The Good Life
In the final module, you will learn how psychologists measure happiness and what factors contribute to the good life8
