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2. Introduction to Psychology
3. What Is Psychology?
4. History of Psychology
5. Contemporary Psychology
6. Video: Intro to Psychology
7. Careers in Psychology
8. Psychological Perspectives
9. Introduction to Psychological Research
10. Why Is Research Important?
11. Approaches to Research
12. Video: Psychological Research
13. Analyzing Findings
14. Ethics
15. Lecture: Psychological Research
16. Statistical Thinking
17. Introduction to Biospychology
18. Human Genetics
19. Cells of the Nervous System
20. Video: The Chemical Mind
21. Parts of the Nervous System
22. The Brain and Spinal Cord
23. Video: Meet Your Master - Getting to Know Your Brain
24. The Endocrine System
25. Introduction to State of Consciousness
26. What Is Consciousness?
27. Video: Consciousness
28. Sleep and Why We Sleep
29. Stages of Sleep
30. Video: To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
31. Sleep Problems and Disorders
32. Substance Use and Abuse
33. Other States of Consciousness
34. Video: Altered States
35. Introduction to Sensation and Perception
36. Sensation versus Perception
37. Video: Sensation & Perception
38. Waves and Wavelengths
39. Vision
40. Lecture: Vision
41. Hearing
42. The Other Senses
43. Video: Homunculus
44. Pain
45. Gestalt Principles of Perception
46. Video: Perceiving is Believing
47. Multi-Modal Perception
48. Introduction to Learning
49. What Is Learning?
50. Classical Conditioning
51. Operant Conditioning
52. Video: The Bobo Beatdown
53. Video: How to Train a Brain
54. Observational Learning (Modeling)
55. Introduction
56. What Is Cognition?
57. Video: Cognition: How Your Mind Can Amaze and Betray You
58. Language
59. Video: Language
60. Language and Language Use
61. Problem Solving
62. What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
63. Measures of Intelligence
64. Video: Controversy of Intelligence
65. The Source of Intelligence
66. Video: The Growth of Knowledge
67. Video: Brains vs. Bias
68. Video: Battle of the Brains
69. Introduction to Memory
70. Lecture: Memory
71. How Memory Functions
72. Video: How We Make Memories
73. Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
74. Problems with Memory
75. Video: Remembering and Forgetting
76. Ways to Enhance Memory
77. Introduction to Lifespan Development
78. What Is Lifespan Development?
79. Lifespan Theories: Psychosexual and Psychosocial Theories
80. Lifespan Theories: Cognitive Development
81. Lifespan Theories: Moral Development
82. Video: Heinz Dilemma
83. Stages of Development
84. Video: What Do Babies Think?
85. Video: Monkeys and Morality
86. Video: Adolescence
87. Death and Dying
88. Lecture: Child Development
89. Introduction to Emotion and Motivation
90. Motivation
91. Video: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
92. Video: The Power of Motivation
93. Hunger and Eating
94. Sexual Behavior
95. Video: Eating and Body Dysmorphic Disorders
96. Video: Let's Talk About Sex
97. Emotion
98. Video: Body Language
99. Video: Feeling All the Feels
100. Introduction to Personality
101. What Is Personality?
102. Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
103. Video: Rorschach & Freudians
104. Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
105. Learning Approaches
106. Humanistic Approaches
107. Biological Approaches
108. Trait Theorists
109. Cultural Understandings of Personality
110. Personality Assessment
111. Video: Measuring Personality
112. Resource: Personality Tests
113. Introduction to Stress, Lifestyle, and Health
114. What Is Stress?
115. Stressors
116. Stress and Illness
117. Regulation of Stress
118. The Pursuit of Happiness
119. More on Happiness: The Science of Subjective Well-Being
120. Video: Emotion, Stress and Health
121. Lecture: Stress
122. Video: How to Make Stress Your Friend
123. Introduction to Psychological Disorders
124. What Are Psychological Disorders?
125. Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
126. Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
127. Video: Psychological Disorders
128. Anxiety Disorders
129. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
130. Video: Debunking Myths of OCD
131. Video: OCD & Anxiety Disorders
132. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
133. Video: Trauma & Addiction
134. Mood Disorders
135. Video: Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
136. Schizophrenia
137. Dissociative Disorders
138. Video: Schizophrenia & Dissociative Disorders
139. Personality Disorders
140. Video: Personality Disorders
141. Disorders in Childhood
142. Introduction to Therapy and Treatment
143. Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
144. Types of Treatment
145. Video: Biomedical Treatments
146. Treatment Modalities
147. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case
148. The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
149. Video: Getting Help - Psychotherapy
150. Introduction to Social Psychology
151. What Is Social Psychology?
152. Video: Social Thinking
153. Self-presentation
154. Attitudes and Persuasion
155. Video: First Impressions
156. Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
157. Video: Social Influence
158. Prejudice and Discrimination
159. Video: Prejudice & Discrimination
160. Aggression
161. Video: Aggression v. Altruism
162. Prosocial Behavior
163. Helping and Prosocial Behavior
164. Welcome to the class!
165. Will you be successful in this course?
166. Course Learning Activities
167. Grade Expectations! - How Your Course Grade is Determined
168. My Expectations of your committment to this class.
169. How this course works!
170. Course Objectives
171. The Two Cardinal Rules
172. Textbook Discussion Forums
173. Internet Resources: Reviews and Discussions
174. Reflective Blogs
175. How to see your forum grade and my private post feedback
176. How to view your discussion thread.
177. Creating a Good Original Question
178. How to participate in the Chat Rooms
179. The four chat rooms...
This video discusses dealing with prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.
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