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Tsinghua University

Introduction to Psychology

Tsinghua University via XuetangX

Overview

As the physical quality of life improves in our increasingly global and technologically focused world, it is particularly important to focus on psychology. In fact, psychology is one of the most popular subjects studied in universities by students across the globe, and there is an increasing interest in studying this fascinating - and constantly changing - field.

This course will cover a wide range of topics from the field of psychology to provide a comprehensive introduction to the subject. Course lessons will focus on consciousness, sensation, perception, learning, memory, thinking, emotion, evolution, motivation, personality, social psychology, and happiness. In every lesson, we use empirical studies of psychology and classical theoretical perspectives as examples, concluding the course with the relatively new perspective of positive psychology. In this course, you will gain an understanding of psychological modes of thought and master the basic methods of psychological research, while freeing yourself of psychological misconceptions and misunderstandings.


Syllabus

  • Lesson 1 Introduction
    • That is not psychology!
    • Research domain of psychology
    • what is psychology
    • Research Methods
    • Survey data collection and social desirability
    • Experiment design
    • Ethical issue
  • Lesson 2 History of psychology
    • history of psychology
  • Lesson 3 Sensation and Perception
    • What is sensation
    • Researches of sensation
    • Perception(1)
    • Perception(2)
  • Lesson 4 Cognition and Culture
    • What is cognition
    • Imagination
    • Problem solving
    • Attributes of problem solving
    • Creative thinking(1)
    • Creative thinking (2)
  • Lesson 5 Consciousness and Self
    • The concept of consciousness
    • Nature of consciousness
    • Forms of consciousness
    • Self efficacy theory
    • The concept of self - consciousness
    • Cross cultural difference
    • Self- consciousness regulation
  • Lesson 6 Language and Communication
    • What is language
    • Language and culture
    • What is communication
    • Non-linguistic communication
    • Communication style
  • Lesson 7 Emotion and Affect
    • What is emotion?
    • The research of emotion(1)
    • The research of emotion(2)
    • Cross-culture emotion
    • Emotional Intelligence
  • Lesson 8 Social Psychology
    • What is social psychology
    • Social cognition
    • Attitude
    • Group
    • Conformist mentality
    • Social connection
  • Lesson 9 Cultural Psychology
    • What is cultural psychology
    • Research of cultural psychology(1)
    • Research of cultural psychology(2)
  • Lesson 10 Individual Differences
    • Mental differences
    • Intelligence
    • Personality
    • Personal value
  • Lesson 11 Learning and Memory
    • Learning
    • Stimulate and response
    • Punish and reinforcement
    • Memory
    • Enhance your memory
  • Lesson 12 Positive Psychology
    • What is positive psychology
    • What is happiness
    • Positive thinking
    • Be positive

Taught by

Kaiping Peng

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