About This Course
Why do people think and act the way they do?
Why are some people miserable and others happy for no reason?
How does the human mind work, how do we learn, and how does memory work?
Why does society and the media have so much influence on people?
We’ll cover all of this and more in this Introduction to Psychology course!
The key to unlocking success and happiness in life is UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF—including why you think, feel and act the way you do. The best way to learn about yourself is to understand psychology and then apply it to your own life. In fact, most people who enter the psychology field are initially drawn to it out of an interest in understanding and improving themselves.
Most of human behavior and experience takes place unconsciously, meaning we aren’t aware of WHY we feel or act the way we do. By learning what psychology is and how the human mind works, we become CONSCIOUS of what is taking place INSIDE of us and how this influences what we experience in life. This course teaches the foundation of psychology and provides a framework for understanding yourself AND human behavior in general.
Once you understand the power of your mind, and how it works, you can use it to consciously create the life you desire, as well as help those around you.
This course will also help students enrolled in AP Psychology and college-level Introduction to Psychology courses by providing reinforcement of concepts in a more interesting way with a fun professor! It is also a great course for anyone interested in pursuing a career in psychology.
About the Professor: Joeel A. Rivera is a former Psychology Instructor with over a decade in the field of Psychology. Loved by his students for being “the nutty professor,” he is known for making learning FUN and presenting information in everyday language that is interesting and easy to apply to your life. You can read college students’ reviews at Rate My Professor.
What are the requirements?
- Be open to learning how the mind works.
- A notebook or journal to take notes if you want to get the most out of the course.
What am I going to get from this course?
- Describe key concepts, phenomena, theories and topics in psychology
- Understand more about the field of psychology
- Learn how the human mind works and how you can use the power of your mind to your advantage
- Learn the reasons you think, feel and act the way you do, as well as understand other people better
Who is the target audience?
- Anyone interested in a greater understanding of themselves
- Anyone interested in human behavior and why people do what they do
- Anyone who wants to use the power of their mind to create the life they desire
- Anyone taking an AP Psychology or college-level Psychology course
- Anyone interested in understanding the field of psychology as a career
Our Promise to You
By the end of this course, you will have the knowledge about psychology, more importantly why people think the way they do.
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Course Curriculum
Section 1 - Introduction | |||
Introduction | 00:00:00 | ||
The Instructors Path To Psychology | 00:00:00 | ||
Power Of Your Mind | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 2 - Foundations of Psychology | |||
What Is Psychology? | 00:00:00 | ||
Internal Approaches To Psychology | 00:00:00 | ||
External Approaches To Psychology | 00:00:00 | ||
Research In Psychology: Observational | 00:00:00 | ||
Research In Psychology: Correlational | 00:00:00 | ||
Research In Psychology: Experimental | 00:00:00 | ||
How We Engage Our World: Sensation And Perception | 00:00:00 | ||
Right Brain Vs. Left Brain | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 3 - Emotion | |||
Emotions: Physiological And Cognitive Functions | 00:00:00 | ||
Emotions: Expressed And Experienced | 00:00:00 | ||
Stress And Anxiety | 00:00:00 | ||
Stress And Anxiety 2 | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 4 - Memory | |||
How Do We Remember? | 00:00:00 | ||
Encoding Memory | 00:00:00 | ||
Why Do We Forget? | 00:00:00 | ||
Reliability And Recall | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 5 - Learning And Conditioning | |||
Classical Conditioning | 00:00:00 | ||
BONUS: The Little Albert Conditioning Experiment | 00:00:00 | ||
Operant Conditioning | 00:00:00 | ||
Motivation | 00:00:00 | ||
Other Kinds Of Learning | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 6 - Human Development | |||
Parent–Child Interaction | 00:00:00 | ||
Attachment And Separation | 00:00:00 | ||
BONUS: Monkey Attachment Experiment | 00:00:00 | ||
Sexual Development And Gender Identity | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 7 - Social Psychology | |||
Attribution and Making Impressions | 00:00:00 | ||
Attitudes, Beliefs and Actions | 00:00:00 | ||
Social Relations 1: Prejudice | 00:00:00 | ||
BONUS: A Class Divided | 00:00:00 | ||
Social Relations 2: Aggression | 00:00:00 | ||
BONUS: The Bobo Doll Experiment | 00:00:00 | ||
Conformity And Obedience | 00:00:00 | ||
BONUS: The Obedience Experiment | 00:00:00 | ||
Group Influence | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 8 - Conclusion And Next Steps | |||
Congratulations And Conclusion | 00:00:00 |
LEARN PSYCHOLOGY: WHY WE THINK FEEL AND ACT THE WAY WE DO
Excellent, very thorough, I learnt a lot.