Psychology of Human Behavior
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Course Description
Overview
Get an accessible yet amazing introduction to a complex subject led by a renowned professor.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Modern Psychology in Historical Context
- 02: Experimentation as a Research Method
- 03: Nonexperimental Research Methods
- 04: Evolutionary Theory and Modern Psychology
- 05: Freud's Thinking
- 06: Details of Psychoanalytic Theory
- 07: Classification of Mental Illnesses
- 08: Anxiety and Mood Disorders
- 09: Disorders of Brain, Body, Self, Drugs, Sex
- 10: Schizophrenic Disorders
- 11: Childhood, Retardation, Personality Disorders
- 12: Physical Therapies-Drugs
- 13: Physical Therapies-ECT, Surgery, Genes
- 14: Talking Therapies-Psychoanalysis
- 15: Therapies-Humanistic, Cognitive, Group
- 16: Behavior Therapies-Classical Conditioning
- 17: Behavior Therapies-Operant Conditioning
- 18: Models of Motivation
- 19: Emotion-What Do We Measure?
- 20: Emotion-Theories
- 21: Psychoactive Drugs-Processes, Stimulants
- 22: Drugs-Depressants, Narcotics, Hallucinogens
- 23: Social Psychology-Influence and Reciprocity
- 24: Social Psychology-Additional Mechanisms
- 25: Simple Learning-Classical Conditioning
- 26: Simple Learning-Operant Conditioning
- 27: Complex Learning
- 28: Memory-Characteristics
- 29: Memory-Memory Aids and Forgetting Theories
- 30: Perception-Forming Internal Models
- 31: Perception-Finding and Organizing Cues
- 32: Evolutionary Psychology-Basic Concepts
- 33: Evolutionary Psychology-Altruism and Mating
- 34: Evolutionary Psychology-War, Family, Food
- 35: Engineering Psychology
- 36: Recap, Omissions, and Into the Future
Taught by
David W. Martin
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