Intro to Psychology
About this Course
Introduction to Psychology is a journey through all of the major psychological concepts and principles. The knowledge gained from this course will allow students to critically evaluate psychological research and have a more in-depth understanding of human thought and behavior.
Go on a journey through psychological concepts and principles to enable you to gain a more in-depth understanding of human thought and behavior.
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Students will be able to:
,identify and analyze the social dimension of society as a context for human life, the processes of social change and social continuity, the role of human agency in those processes, and the forces that engender social cohesion and fragmentation.
place contemporary developments in cultural, historical, environmental, and spatial contexts.
identify the dynamics of ethnic, cultural, gender/sexual, age-based, class, regional, national, transnational, and global identities and the similarities, differences, linkages, and interactions between them.
evaluate social science information, draw on different points of view, and formulate applications appropriate to contemporary social issues.
recognize the interactions of social institutions, culture, and environment with the behavior of individuals.
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lesson 1
Introduction to Psychology
Practice versus research.
Industrial and organizational psychology.
Forensic psychology.
lesson 2
Research Methods
Sex chores correlation and correlation coefficients.
Beach correlation study.
High fives study.
lesson 3
The biology of behavior
Introducing Matt Sputnik and genetics.
Timeline of humans and human evolution.
Genetic code and dominance complexity.
lesson 4
Sensation and Perception
Weight difference threshold.
Mechanoreceptors and the Golden brain ceremony.
Nearsightedness and the eye and the Odins eye theory.
lesson 5
Psychological development
Nature vs nurture.
Developmental stages and domains.
Prenatal exposure.
lesson 6
Consciousness
Coma and consciousness, and attention.
Meditation.
The function of sleep, sleep apnea and Insomnia.
lesson 7
Depressants, Hallucinogens and Opioids
Barbituates and benzodiazapines, alcohol and other depressants.
Heroin and other opioids, cannabis, marijuana effects.
Psilocybin for terminal illness, MDMA for PTSD.
lesson 8
Memory
H.M. or Henry Molaison, removal of the hippocampi.
Sensory memory, central executive.
Introduction to long-term memory.
lesson 9
And much more…
Language, intelligence, motivation and emotion.
Stress and health, personality.
Social behavior, psychological disorders.
