The Science of Thought and Behavior. 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.
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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.
What You Will Learn
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.
