Behavioral Psychology: Understanding Human Behavior

Learn about the fundamentals of human and animal behavior based on behaviorism or behavioural psychology.

What you'll learn
Understand the basic processes that motivate organisms to take actions.
Understand why we react and behave in certain ways.
Learn how to predict and control of behavior, based primarily on observable phenomena.
Explore the basic principles of behavioral psychology.
Understand how to adjust your environment in such a way that it makes it easier to adopt good habits.
Thorough dives into strategies that you can adopt to improve your self-control skills.
Get a firm grasp of the two fundamental ways of acquiring knowledge.
Learn how to create schedules of reinforcement to motivate yourself and others to adopt a desirable behavior.
Find out how the individual behavior is constructed as part of a larger social scheme.
Learn how to use classical conditioning to your benefit.
Explore the most efficient schedules to motivate and maintain behaviors.
Learn about self-control and its importance.
Learn about the origins of behaviorism.
And much more!
Requirements
Willingness to enrich your knowledge.
Description
Have you ever wondered why we prefer doing certain things while avoid others? Why do we develop these preferences?  Behavioral psychology or behaviorism is the scientific study and analysis of our behaviors.  According to behavioral psychology all our behaviors are shaped through our interactions with our environment. We learn what behaviors wield positive and negative outcomes and we respond accordingly. Less focus is placed on the role of internal processes, such as emotions and thinking, on motivating behavior.  This is one of the major benefits that behaviorism offers, because it allows us to study observable behaviors in a systematic manner. By doing so we learn how to predict how the behavior will change if we change the environment. By extension apart from predicting we can also control behavior.  Since it emerged in the early 20th century it has become a significant force in psychology, with applications on education, psychotherapy and marketing, among others.  In this course we will explore how we learn to adopt behaviors, why we react and behave in certain ways, we will discover patterns in our actions.  Everything you will learn in this course will help you predict how humans behave, it will help you shape future behavior, and build better habits.  You will also better understand your own behavior and take measures to improve it. In this course will learn about self-control and its importance, as well as strategies that you can adopt to improve your self-control skills.  We will also explore how the individual behavior is constructed as part of a larger social scheme.  Understanding behavioral psychology is imperative because it allows you to better understand why others react and behave in certain ways, and it will make it easier for you to directly influence their behaviors.  Enroll now and let's get started!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to behaviorism

Lecture 1 When and why did behaviorism first emerge

Section 2: Learning behaviors based on behaviorism

Lecture 2 How do we learn to adopt behaviors

Lecture 3 How does learning by creating associations affect us

Lecture 4 How do we learn to repeat or avoid behaviors based on their outcomes

Lecture 5 How do we modify our behavior depending on our environment and what motivates us

Lecture 6 Can we tell the difference between the various types of stimuli

Section 3: Maintaining behaviors based on behaviorism

Lecture 7 How does a tendency to act in a certain way disappear

Lecture 8 How to make a behavior more persistent

Lecture 9 What happens if our actions are met with negative consequences

Lecture 10 Can we control our own behavior and why it is important to exercise self-control

Lecture 11 How can we become better at exercising self-control

Lecture 12 How is our behavior affected by our social environment

Section 4: Conclusion

Lecture 13 Conclusion

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