Welcome to Introduction to Psychology -Optional readings
About this course
How to take this course
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Optional Happiness Survey
Introductory readings
Foundations -The Brain
The astonishing hypothesis
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Dualism
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Neurons
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Parts of the brain
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Our two brains
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A bit of humility
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The Brain
Foundations -Freud
Sigmund Freud
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The psychodynamic approach
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Stages of development
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Defense mechanisms
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Scientific assessment of Freud
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Taking Freud seriously
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Freud
Foundations -Skinner
B.F. Skinner
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Habituation
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Classical conditioning
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Instrumental conditioning
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Scientific assessment of Skinner
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Skinner
Development and Language -Development
Big questions about development
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Piaget
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Piaget's Developmental Stage Theory
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Scientific evaluation of Piaget
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Methods for studying infants
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How are children different from adults?
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Explanations for development
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Development
Development and Language -Language
What is language?
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Basic facts about language
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Phonology
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Morphology
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Syntax
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Language acquisition
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Language and thought
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Language
Cognition-Perception and Attention
From the world to the mind
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Problems of perception
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Perception of brightness
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Perception of objects
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Perception of depth
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Attention
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Perception and attention
Cognition-Memory
Important memory distinctions
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Memory storage
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Learning
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Remembering
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Failures of memory
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False memories
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Memory
Self and others -Emotions
Evolution of emotion
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Why evolution matters
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Facial expressions
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Fear
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Kinship
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Attachment
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Prisoner's dilemma
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Irrationality and culture
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Emotions
Self and others -Social
Social animals
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Self
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Attribution
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Liking
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The psychology of groups
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Social categories
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Social categories II
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Social
Variation-Differences
How are we different?
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Personality
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Intelligence
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Behavioral genetics
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Major discoveries about genes and environment
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Parenting
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Differences
Variation-Clinical psychology
Mental illness
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Schizophrenia
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Mood disorders
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Anxiety disorders
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Dissassociation disorders
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Personality disorders
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Therapy
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Clinical psychology
The good life-Happiness
Positive psychology
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What is happiness?
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Happiness set point
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Happiness is relative
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Judgments about past events are skewed
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Humility and Optimism
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Happiness
The good life-Review and Conclusion
Now what?
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Optional Happiness Survey - Follow Up