Psychology 101
Psychology 101 Lessons
History And Approaches
Intro to PsychologyWhat Is Psychology?Psychology Is a ScienceTwo Early Approaches: Functionalism and StructuralismThree Later Approaches: Gestalt, Psychoanalysis and BehaviorismPsychology after 1950: Overview of SpecializationsEthics of Psychological Experiments
Biological Bases Of Behavior
Intro to Biological PsychologyNeuronsNeurotransmittersNervous SystemParts of the BrainNeuroplasticityEndocrine System
Sensation And Perception
Intro to Sensation and PerceptionHow Does Vision Work?Depth PerceptionMechanics of HearingTaste, Touch and SmellPerceptual Development
States Of Consciousness
Intro to States of ConsciousnessSleep CycleWhy Do We Sleep and Dream?Hypnosis and MeditationPsychoactive Drugs
Learning
Classical ConditioningWatson and Little AlbertOperant ConditioningShapingScheduling ReinforcementPrisoner's DilemmaObservation and InsightBiological Limits on Conditioning
Cognition
Intro to IntelligenceHistory of Intelligence TestingBiological Bases of IntelligenceMultiple IntelligencesCreativity and Divergent ThinkingWhat Is Language?Language AcquisitionInformation ProcessingCategorizing MemoryAttention and Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up ProcessingImproving Short-Term MemoryImproving Long-Term MemoryMemory DistortionHeuristics
Motivation And Emotion
Introduction to EmotionsCategorizing EmotionsTheories of EmotionFight or Flight ResponseStressed by StressPositive PsychologyIntro to MotivationHungerMaslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Developmental Psychology
Intro to Developmental PsychologyPrenatal DevelopmentInfant DevelopmentHarlow's MonkeysAssimilation and AccommodationPiaget's Stages of Cognitive DevelopmentKohlberg's Stages of Moral DevelopmentParenting StylesErikson's Stages of Identity Formation
Personality
Intro to PersonalityBehavioral GeneticsId, Ego and SuperegoFreudian Defense MechanismsFreud's Stages of Psychosexual DevelopmentHumanistic PsychologyOutmoded Approaches to Personality AssessmentTrait Assessment Testing
Social Psychology
Intro to Social PsychologyStereotypesAttitudesAttractionAttributionPersuasionConformityObedience and AuthorityGroup BehaviorAggressionAltruism
Psychological Disorders And Health
Definition of DisordersClassification and DiagnosisAnxiety DisordersMood DisordersDissociative DisordersSomatoform DisordersSubstance-Related DisordersSchizophreniaEating DisordersPersonality Disorders