Free online courseIntroduction to Psychology

Conteúdo do Curso

• Video class: 1. Introduction

  0h29m

• Exercise: What type of unusual motivations do some students have when they come to Intro Psychology that the course may actually help with?

• Video class: 2. Foundations: This Is Your Brain

  0h53m

• Exercise: _What is the main difference between dualism and the Astonishing Hypothesis?

• Exercise: What is the 'Astonishing Hypothesis' proposed by Francis Crick?

• Video class: 3. Foundations: Freud

  0h56m

• Exercise: _Who developed an encompassing theory of mind over the span of many decades?

• Exercise: In Freud's psychoanalytic theory, which component of the personality is responsible for dealing with reality?

• Video class: 4. Foundations: Skinner

  0h58m

• Exercise: _According to some psychologists and biologists, why would an unconscious evolve from an evolutionary standpoint?

• Exercise: Why does the concept of the unconscious challenge the idea that all mental processes are conscious?

• Video class: 5. What Is It Like to Be a Baby: The Development of Thought

  0h48m

• Exercise: _According to Piaget, what are the two mechanisms of learning that drive a child through different stages of cognitive development?

• Exercise: Which theoretical concept did Piaget contribute to psychology that involves the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they can't be seen?

• Video class: 6. How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth

  0h56m

• Exercise: What is the term used to describe the smallest meaningful unit in a language?

• Video class: 7. Conscious of the Present; Conscious of the Past: Language

  0h59m

• Exercise: Based on the lecture content, which statement accurately reflects the nature of human perception?

• Video class: 8. Conscious of the Present; Conscious of the Past:

  0h59m

• Exercise: What is the concept of change blindness in psychological studies?

• Video class: 9. Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Love (Guest Lecture by

  1h09m

• Exercise: According to psychological research presented by Dean Peter Salovey, which of the following is NOT one of the factors that significantly influences the initial attraction between people?

• Video class: 10. Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Evolution and Rationality

  0h59m

• Exercise: What does the 'endowment effect' suggest about how we value possessions?

• Video class: 11. Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Emotions, Part I

  0h53m

• Exercise: _What is one advantage of an evolutionary perspective on the mind, according to Professor Paul Bloom?

• Exercise: Why do evolutionary psychologists believe humans have instinctual fears of animals like snakes and spiders?

• Video class: 12. Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Emotions, Part II

  0h56m

• Exercise: _What is the main difference between nonhuman primate smiles and human smiles according to the second world's expert on smiling?

• Exercise: According to the studies by Richard Nisbett and Dov Cohen, which region in the United States is more associated with a 'culture of honor'?

• Video class: 13. Why Are People Different?: Differences

  1h05m

• Exercise: According to contemporary research in behavioral genetics, which factor has been found to contribute the least to individual human differences in traits such as intelligence and personality?

• Video class: 14. What Motivates Us: Sex

  0h52m

• Exercise: According to the data presented by Professor Paul Bloom, how much time does the average American spend on sex per day?

• Video class: 15. A Person in the World of People: Morality

  1h01m

• Exercise: Which of the following concepts were discussed by Professor Paul Bloom in his lecture on the Introduction to Psychology?

• Video class: 16. A Person in the World of People: Self and Other, Part I

  0h58m

• Exercise: _What is the individual difference in our social natures that Professor Paul Bloom talks about before introducing the test?

• Exercise: Based on the psychology lecture, which of the following factors is typically NOT associated with why we like other people?

• Video class: 17. A Person in the World of People: Self and Other, Part II;

  1h04m

• Exercise: Based on the Introduction to Psychology course lecture, which of the following aspects about dreams is NOT accurate?

• Video class: 18. What Happens When Things Go Wrong: Mental Illness, Part I

  0h54m

• Exercise: _What is the most fundamental question in clinical psychology according to Dr. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema's lecture?

• Exercise: What are some of the characteristics that are used to label behaviors as abnormal or unhealthy in the field of clinical psychology?

• Video class: 19. What Happens When Things Go Wrong: Mental Illness, Part II

  0h56m

• Exercise: _What is the scope of mental disorders discussed in the lecture?

• Exercise: Which of the following statements best reflects the topic that is greatly emphasized in the final part of the Introduction to Psychology course?

• Video class: 20. The Good Life: Happiness

  0h47m

• Exercise: _What is the "regression to the mean" phenomenon in psychology?

• Exercise: Based on the content provided regarding clinical psychology and the evaluation of therapy's effectiveness, which of the following best describes the concept of 'regression to the mean' in the context of psychological therapy?