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A Journey of Psychology

Minzu University of China via XuetangX

Overview

Human beings is a kind of naturally curious animal. Outwardly, human wants to explore the vast universe; inwardly, human wants to understand his deep mind. What is the human beings nature? What's the difference between human and other animals? How do human know the world, think, plan and make decisions? Where do people's emotions come from? What is the motivation behind the behavior? How does gene and environment affect human mind? Why do people go crazy? The journey of psychology will take you to the palace of science about human mind, let you have a deeper understanding of the mystery of human mind, let you have a scientific understanding of the daily mind and behavior, and establish the habit of critical thinking.

"A Journey of Psychology" aims to help learners understand and master the basic viewpoints, theories, methods and technologies of psychological science, understand basic psychological phenomena such as human perception, memory, consciousness, thinking, language, emotion, motivation, intelligence, personality and learning, learn to use scientific psychological knowledge to understand self, others and society, adjust personal emotions and adapt to society, and lay a good foundation for further study of psychology.

 

Syllabus

  • Chapter 1 Research Objects and Methods of Psychology
    • Lecture 1 What Is Psychology
    • Lecture 2 Psychology Is A Science
    • Lecture 3 Psychological Research Methods
  • Chapter 2 A Brief History of Psychology
    • Lecture 4 Wundt Founded Psychology
    • Lecture 5 Psychoanalysis Theory by Freud
    • Lecture 6 Watson and Behavioral Psychology
    • Lecture 7 New Trends in Psychology
  • Chapter 3 Sensation and Perception
    • Lecture 8 Sensation and It's Regularity
    • Lecture 9 Functions of Sensation
    • Lecture 10 The Characteristics of Perception
    • Lecture 11 Depth Perception
  • Chapter 4 Consciousness
    • Lecture 12 Functions of Consciousness
    • Lecture 13 Sleeping
    • Lecture 14 Dreams, Hypnosis and Meditation
  • Chapter 5 Learning
    • Lecture 15 What Is Learning
    • Lecture 16 Classical Conditioning
    • Lecture 17 Operant Conditioning
    • Lecture 18 Observational Learning
  • Chapter 6 Memory
    • Lecture 19 What Is Memory
    • Lecture 20 Long-term Memory
    • Lecture 21 Memory Reconstruction
    • Lecture 22 Short-term Memory and Sensory Memory
  • Chapter 7 Language and Cognition
    • Lecture 23 Language
    • Lecture 24 Problem Solving
    • Lecture 25 Reasoning and Judgment
  • Chapter 8 Motivation
    • Lecture 26 Motivation and Its Origin
    • Lecture 27 Physiology and Psychology of Diet
    • Lecture 28 Achievement Motivation
  • Chapter 9 Emotion
    • Lecture 29 Emotions and Their functions
    • Lecture 30 Emotion Theory
    • Lecture 31 Stress
    • Lecture 32 Coping with Stress
    • Lecture 33 The How of Happiness
  • Chapter 10 Intelligence
    • Lecture 34 Intelligence and Its Measurement
    • Lecture 35 Theories of Intelligence
    • Lecture 36 Ethnic Differences of Intelligence
  • Chapter 11 Personality
    • Lecture 37 Definition and Characteristics of Personality
    • Lecture 38 Categories and Traits
    • Lecture 39 Personality Test
    • Lecture 40 The Self-Esteem Movement
  • Final exam

    Taught by

    Bing Gao

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