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Introduction to Psychology
What Is Psychology?
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Rice University - 2016
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History of Psychology
Fields of psychology to consider for your career
Careers in Psychology
2.1 Why Is Research Important?
Methods of Psychology
2.4 Ethics
Peer Activity 1 - Importance and Ethics of Psychological Research [280 minutes]
3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
Impacts of Drugs on Neurotransmission
The Neuroscience of Addiction - with Marc Lewis
3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
The Tools That Let Neuroscientists Study (and Even Repair) Brain Circuits
3.5 The Endocrine System
3.1 Human Genetics
What is an Environmental Factor?
1.3 Contemporary Psychology
11.7 Gene Regulation: Operon Theory: Sections Prokaryotic Gene Regulation and rokaryotic Gene Regulation
Peer Activity 2: Biological Influences in Psychology (278 minutes)
Quiz: Module 2
5.1 Sensation versus Perception
5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Sensory Perception
Psychophysics .
Psychophysical Methods
14.2 Central Processing: Sensory Pathways (Section)
5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
5.3 Vision
5.4 Hearing
The Other Senses
14.1 Sensory Perception
Chapter Review
The Vestibular Sense
Peer Activity 3: Perception and Sensation (360 minutes)
Quiz: Module 3
4.1 What Is Consciousness?
4.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep
4.3 Stages of Sleep
Circadian Rhythm: What it is, what shapes it, and why it’s fundamental to getting quality sle
4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
4.6 Other States of Consciousness
Peer Activity 4: Consciousness (455 minutes)
Quiz: Module 4
9.3 Stages of Development: Sub-section Pre-natal development
9.3 Stages of Development: Adolescence
9.3 Stages of Development: Adulthood:
Discussion Forum 1: Human Lifespan Development (285 minutes)
Quiz: Module 5
6.1 What Is Learning?
6.2 Classical Conditioning
6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
Types of learning Simple nonassociative learning
Discussion Forum 2: Habituation and Dishabituation (204 minutes)
Quiz: Module 6
A review of the characteristics, mechanisms, and clinical significance in fetuses and new born infants
10.1 Motivation
10.2 Hunger and Eating
10.3 Sexual Behavior
10.4 Emotion
Discussion Forum 3: On Sexual Behavior and Motivation, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (245 minutes)
Quiz: Module 7
7.1 What Is Cognition?
Information Processing Theories
9.2 Lifespan Theories: Cognitive Theory of Development
9.3 Stages of Development: Adulthood: Cognitive Development (Sub-section)
Cognitive Development
3.1 Human Genetics: Dig Deeper (Sub-section)
Genetic influence on cognitive development between childhood and adulthood
Discussion Forum 4: Informing Processing and Human Memory (315 minutes)
Information Processing and Human Memory
7.3 Problem Solving
7.4 Intelligence and Creativity
7.5 Measures of Intelligence
Is intelligence determined by genetics?
7.6 The Source of Intelligence
7.2 Language
7. Language Development: Promoting Speaking, Listening & Communicating
Quiz: Module 8
8.1 How Memory Functions
9.1 Memories as Types and Stages
8.3 Problems with Memory
8.3 Problems with Memory
Memory, Forgetfulness, and Aging: What's Normal and What's Not?
Memory loss
Get the facts about memory loss
Discussion Forum 5: Memory Problems (295 minutes)
Memory dysfunction
How Memory Works
Memory Retrieval: Recognition and Recall
Context and State Dependent Memory
3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
Brain and The Spinal Cord
Neuroplasticity.
8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
Peer Activity 5: The Role of Memory in Learning and Retrieval Methods (340 minutes)
Quiz: Module 9
Neural Plasticity
11.1 What Is Personality?
11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
11.4 Learning Approaches
11.5 Humanistic Approaches
11.6 Biological Approaches
11.7 Trait Theorists
11.8 Cultural Understandings of Personality
11.9 Personality Assessment
Peer Activity 6: Personality in the Context of Culture, Personality Assessment, and Evolutionary Perspective (481 minutes)
Quiz: Module 10
14.1 What Is Stress?
14.2 Stressors
14.3 Stress and Illness
14.4 Regulation of Stress
14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
Discussion Forum 6: Positive Psychology (260 minutes)
Quiz: Module 11
15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
15.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
15.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
15.4 Anxiety Disorders
15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
15.6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
15.7 Mood Disorders
Mental Health Disorder Statistics
15.8 Schizophrenia
15.9 Dissociative Disorders
15.10 Disorders in Childhood
15.11 Personality Disorders
Peer Activity 7: Schizophrenia as a Mental Health Disorder (365 minutes)
Quiz: Module 12
Abnormal Psychology
Social Norms
16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
16.2 Types of Treatment
16.3 Treatment Modalities
16.4 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case
16.5 The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
Peer Activity 8: Mental Health Therapy and Treatments (300 minutes)
Quiz: Module 13
12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
12.2 Self-presentation
12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
4.3 Agents of Socialization
12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Discussion Forum 7: Agents of Socialization (365 minutes)
Quiz: Module 14
What Is Social Thinking: Three Parts of Social Thinking
13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
13.4 Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Discussion Forum 8: The Role of Psychology in the Workplace (360 minutes)
Quiz: Module 15
Counseling Psychology
Better relationships with patients lead to better outcomes
Discussion Forum 9: Counseling Relationships (385 minutes)
Quiz: Module 16
Final Activity: Introduction to Psychology (410 minutes)
Peer Activities
Discussion forums
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Introduction to Psychology Homepage - MCAT
Module 1: Psychology: The Scientific Study of Behavior
Module 1: Lesson 1: Definition and Development of Psychology
Module 1: Lesson 2: Research and Ethics in Psychology
Module 2: Biopsychology: BIological Bases of Behavior
Module 2: Lesson 1: The structure and function of Nervous system
Module 2: Lesson 2: Biological Influences in Psychology
Module 3: Perception and Sensation
Module 3: Lesson 1: The functions of perception and sensation
Module 3: Lesson 2: Sensory Processing and Sensing the Environment (Vision, hearing and other senses)
Module 4: Consciousness
Module 4: Lesson 1: Definition of Consciousness and Alertness and Types of Attention (Selective and Divided)
Module 4: Lesson 2: The normal sleep and its disorders.
Module 4: Lesson 3: Altering Consciousness.
Module 5: Human Lifespan Development
Module 5: Lesson 1: Developmental Milestones in the stages of human development.
Module 6: Learning and Attitude
Module 6: Lesson 1: Types of Learning in Psychology
Module 7: Motivation and Emotion
Module 7: Lesson 1: Motivation, Emotion and the physiological needs that drive human behavior
Module 8: Cognition and Intelligence
Module 8: Lesson 1: Cognition
Module 8: Lesson 2: Thinking and Intelligence
Module 8: Lesson 3: Language
Module 9: Memory
Module 9: Lesson 1: Types of memory and their functions
Module 9: Lesson 2: Memory Problems, Forgetfulness, and Aging
Module 9: Lesson 3: The role of memory in learning and retrieval methods
Module 10: Personality
Module 10: Lesson 1: Definition and theories of personality.
Module 10: Lesson 2: Personality in the context of culture and personality assessment
Module 11: Health Psychology, Stress, Coping and Mental Health
Module 11: Lesson 1: Health psychology and stress
Module 12: Psychological Disorders
Module 12: Lesson 1: Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Module 12: Lesson 2: Classification of Psychological disorders
Module 13: Abnormal Psychology
Module 13: Lesson 1: Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
Module 13: Lesson 2: Mental Health Therapy and Treatments; evolution, types, and modes of treatment.
Module 14: Social Psychology
Module 14: Lesson 1: Definition of Social Psychology
Module 14: Lesson 2: Determinants of Social behavior
Module 15: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Module 15: Lesson 1: The role of Psychology in the Workplace
Module 16: Counselling Psychology
Module 16: Lesson 1: Introduction to Counseling Psychology
Final Activity
Final Exam
Course and Self Evaluation & Certificate
Course Activities
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