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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology

Section 01 Faculty: Instructions

Section 02 Faculty: About the Course

Section 03 Faculty: I Need Help

Section 04 What Is Psychology?

Section 05 History of Psychology

Section 06 Contemporary Psychology

Section 07  Video: Intro to Psychology

Section 08 Careers in Psychology

Section 09 Psychological Perspectives

Chapter 2: Psychological Research

Section 10 Intro to Psychological Research

Section 11 Why Is Research Important?

Section 12 Approaches to Research

Section 13 Video: Psychological Research

Section 14 Analyzing Findings

Section 15 Ethics

Section 16 Statistical Thinking

Chapter 3: Biopsychology

Section 17 Intro to Biospychology

Section 18 Human Genetics

Section 19 Cells of the Nervous System

Section 20 Video: The Chemical Mind

Section 21 Parts of the Nervous System

Section 22 The Brain and Spinal Cord

Section 23 Video: Getting to Know Your Brain

Section 24 The Endocrine System

Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception

Section 25 Intro to Sensation and Perception

Section 26 Sensation versus Perception

Section 27 Video: Sensation & Perception

Section 28 Waves and Wavelengths

Section 29 Vision

Section 30 The Other Senses

Section 31 Hearing

Section 32 Video: Homunculus

Section 33 Pain

Section 34 Gestalt Principles of Perception

Section 35 Video: Perceiving is Believing

Chapter 5: States of Consciousness

Section 36 Introduction to States of Consciousness

Section 37 What Is Consciousness?

Section 38 Video: Consciousness

Section 39 Sleep and Why We Sleep

Section 40 Stages of Sleep

Section 41 Video: To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

Section 42 Sleep Problems and Disorders

Section 43 Substance Use and Abuse

Section 44 Other States of Consciousness

Section 45 Video: Altered States

Chapter 6: Learning

Section 46 Introduction to Learning

Section 47 What Is Learning?

Section 48 Classical Conditioning

Section 49 Operant Conditioning

Section 50 Video: Reinforcement vs. Punishment

Section 51 Video: How to Train a Brain

Section 52 Video: The Bobo Beatdown

Section 53 Observational Learning (Modeling)

Chapter 7: Memory

Section 54 Introduction to Memory

Section 55 How Memory Functions

Section 56 Video: How We Make Memories

Section 57 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory

Section 58 Problems with Memory

Section 59 Video: Remembering and Forgetting

Section 60 Ways to Enhance Memory

Chapter 8: Thinking and Intelligence

Section 61 Intro Thinking & Intelligence

Section 62 What Is Cognition?

Section 63 Video: Your Mind

Section 64 Language

Section 65 Video: Language

Section 66 Problem Solving

Section 67 What Are Intelligence & Creativity?

Section 68 Video: Controversy of Intelligence

Section 69 Measures of Intelligence

Section 70 The Source of Intelligence

Section 71 Video: Brains vs. Bias

Chapter 9: Lifespan Development

Section 72 Introduction to Lifespan Development

Section 73 What Is Lifespan Development?

Section 74 Lifespan Theories: Psychosexual and Psychosocial Theories

Section 75 Lifespan Theories: Cognitive Development

Section 76 Video: The Growth of Knowledge

Section 77 Lifespan Theories: Moral Development

Section 78 Stages of Development

Section 79 Video: What Do Babies Think?

Section 80 Video: Monkeys and Morality

Section 81 Video: Adolescence

Section 82 Death and Dying

Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion

Section 83 Introduction to Motivation and Emotion

Section 84 Motivation

Section 85 Video: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Section 86 Video: The Power of Motivation

Section 87 Hunger and Eating

Section 88 Video: Eating and Body Dysmorphic Disorders

Section 89 Sexual Behavior

Section 90 Video: Let’s Talk About Sex

Section 91 Video: Body Language

Section 92 Emotion

Section 93 Video: Feeling All the Feels

Chapter 11: Stress and Happiness

Section 94 Introduction to Stress, Lifestyle, and Health

Section 95 What Is Stress?

Section 96 Stressors

Section 97 Stress and Illness

Section 98 Regulation of Stress

Section 99 The Pursuit of Happiness

Section 100 More on Happiness: The Science of Subjective Well-Being

Section 101 Video: Emotion, Stress and Health

Section 102 Video: How to Make Stress Your Friend

Chapter 12: Personality

Section 103 Introduction to Personality

Section 104 What Is Personality?

Section 105 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective

Section 106 Video: Rorschach & Freudians

Section 107 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney

Section 108 Learning Approaches

Secttion 109 Humanistic Approaches

Section 110 Biological Approaches

Section 111 Trait Theorists

Section 112 Cultural Understandings of Personality

Section 113 Personality Assessment

Section 114 Video: Measuring Personality

Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders

Section 115 Introduction to Psychological Disorders

Section 116 What Are Psychological Disorders?

Section 117 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders

Section 118 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders

Section 119 Video: Psychological Disorders

Section 120 Anxiety Disorders

Section 121 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Section 122 Video: Debunking Myths of OCD

Section 123 Video: OCD & Anxiety Disorders

Section 124 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Section 125 Video: Trauma & Addiction

Section 126 Mood Disorders

Section 127 Video: Depressive and Bipolar Disorders

Section 128 Schizophrenia

Section 129 Dissociative Disorders

Section 130 Video: Schizophrenia & Dissociative Disorders

Section 131 Personality Disorders

Section 132 Video: Personality Disorders

Section 133 Disorders in Childhood

Chapter 14: Therapy and Treatment

Section 135 Introduction to Therapy and Treatment

Section 136 Introduction to Therapy and Treatment

Section 137 Types of Treatment

Section 137 Video: Getting Help – Psychotherapy

Section 138 Video: Biomedical Treatments

Section 139 Treatment Modalities

Section 140 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case

Section 141 The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization

Chapter 15: Social Psychology

Section 142 Introduction to Social Psychology

Section 143 What Is Social Psychology?

Section 144 Video: Social Thinking

Section 145 Self-presentation

Section 146 Attitudes and Persuasion

Section 147 Video: First Impressions

Section 148 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience

Section 149 Video: Social Influence

Section 150 Prejudice and Discrimination

Section 151 Resources: Prejudices and Stereotypes

Section 152 Video: Prejudice & Discrimination

Section 153 Aggression

Section 154 Video: Aggression v. Altruism

Section 155 Prosocial Behavior

Section 156 Helping and Prosocial Behavior


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