Psychology 101: Intro to Psychology

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Course Chapters

 

Chapter 1: History And Approaches

History and Approaches

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  1. Intro to Psychology
  2. What is Psychology?
  3. Psychology is a Science
  4. Two Early Approaches: Functionalism and Structuralism
  5. Three Later Approaches: Gestalt, Psychoanalysis and
         Behaviorism
  6. Psychology after 1950: Overview of Specializations
  7. Ethics of Psychology Experiments

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Chapter 2: Biological Bases Of Behavior

History and Approaches

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  1. Intro to Biological Psychology
  2. Neurons
  3. Neurotransmitters
  4. Nervous System
  5. Parts of the Brain
  6. Neuroplasticity
  7. Endocrine System

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Chapter 3: Sensation And Perception

History and Approaches

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  1. Intro to Sensation and Perception
  2. How does Vision Work?
  3. Depth Perception
  4. Mechanics of Hearing
  5. Taste, Touch and Smell
  6. Perceptual Development

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Chapter 4: State Of Consciousness

History and Approaches

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  1. Intro to States of Consciousness
  2. Sleep Cycle
  3. Why Do We Sleep and Dream?
  4. Hypnosis and Meditation
  5. Psychoactive Drugs

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Chapter 5: Learning

History and Approaches

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  1. Classical Conditioning
  2. Watson and Little Albert
  3. Operant Conditioning
  4. Shaping
  5. Scheduling Reinforcement
  6. Prisoner's Dilemma
  7. Observation and Insight
  8. Biological Limits on Conditioning

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Chapter 6: Cognition

History and Approaches

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  1. Intro to Intelligence
  2. History of Intelligence Testing
  3. Biological Bases of Intelligence
  4. Multiple Intelligences
  5. Creativity and Divergent Thinking
  6. What Is Language?
  7. Language Acquisition
  8. Information Processing
  9. Categorizing Memory
  10. Attention and Top Down vs. Bottom Up Processing
  11. Improving Short Term Memory
  12. Improving Long Term Memory
  13. Memory Distortion
  14. Heuristics

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Chapter 7: Motivation And Emotion

History and Approaches

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  1. Introduction to Emotions
  2. Categorizing Emotions
  3. Theories of Emotion
  4. Fight or Flight Response
  5. Stressed by Stress
  6. Positive Psychology
  7. Intro to Motivation
  8. Hunger
  9. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

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Chapter 8: Developmental Psychology

History and Approaches

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  1. Intro to Developmental Psychology
  2. Prenatal Development
  3. Infant Development
  4. Harlow's Monkeys
  5. Assimilation and Accommodation
  6. Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
  7. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
  8. Parenting Styles
  9. Erikson's Stages of Identity Formation

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Chapter 9: Personality

History and Approaches

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  1. Intro to Personality
  2. Behavioral Genetics
  3. Id, Ego and Superego
  4. Freudian Defense Mechanisms
  5. Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development
  6. Humanistic Psychology
  7. Outmoded Approaches to Personality Assessment
  8. Trait Assessment Testing

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Chapter 10: Social Psychology

History and Approaches

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  1. Intro to Social Psychology
  2. Stereotypes
  3. Attitudes
  4. Attraction
  5. Attribution
  6. Persuasion
  7. Conformity
  8. Obedience and Authority
  9. Group Behavior
  10. Aggression
  11. Altruism

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Chapter 11: Psychological Disorders And Health

History and Approaches

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  1. Definition of Disorders
  2. Classification and diagnosis
  3. Anxiety Disorders
  4. Mood Disorders
  5. Dissociative disorders
  6. Somatoform Disorders
  7. Substance Related Disorders
  8. Schizophrenia
  9. Eating Disorders
  10. Personality Disorders

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Chapter 12: Psychological Treatments

History and Approaches

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  1. Individual Therapy
  2. Group Therapy
  3. Psychiatric Drugs
  4. Biological Therapy
  5. Treatment Effectiveness

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Chapter 13: Statistics, Tests And Measurement

History and Approaches

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  1. Intro to Statistics, Tests and Measurement
  2. Types of Research Designs
  3. Reliability and Validity
  4. Statistical Analysis

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