Foundations Of Psychological Science

Introductory course on psychology and behavioral science based on a real award-winning college-level course

What you'll learn

Gain a College-level Understanding of Psychology and Behavioral Science

Discover What Drives Human Behavior and How to Learn Faster and More Effectively

Apply Psychological and Behavioral Insights to Our Everyday Lives

Know How to Influence and Persuade, Become More Attractive, and Understand Your Own and Other's Emotions

Develop Key Foundational Knowledge of Human Psychology with Real-World Relevance From an Award-Winning Instructor

Requirements

No prior experience needed. This is an introductory course!

This is a real university course recorded during the 2020 pandemic when all teaching went online

Description

What is this course?This course provides an introduction to human cognition and behaviour, addressing foundational topics in psychological and behavioral science. These foundational topics include key concepts such as evolution, genetics, neuroscience, human evolutionary biology and anthropology, and specific topics, such as perception, memory, heuristics and biases, decision-making, child development, psychopathology, personality and individual differences, emotion, attraction and sexuality, cross-cultural differences, social relations, stereotypes and prejudice, norms and attitudes, social learning, social influence and persuasion, and group processes.The course will offer an integrated perspective on these topics, investigating the evolution and variation in human psychology over time, across cultures, and over the lifespan. The course will introduce the history of the study of humans and human psychology, offering students the historical context to trends in research. By the end of the course, students will have a broad knowledge of key topics in psychology and related disciplines. Students will be prepared for more in-depth investigations of more advanced topics in later courses.By the end of this course you should:• Have an introductory understanding of the psychological and behavioural sciences.• Have an understanding of how the psychological and behavioural sciences connect to other closely related social and biological sciences.• Have developed “mental models” of human behaviour that you can apply to understanding interactions in your everyday lives and events occurring in the world around you.• Be able to connect different levels of understanding such that you can zoom into the individual brain, zoom out to the societal-level and contextualize both in the breadth of human history and depth of evolutionary history.This course was recorded for students during the 2020 pandemic year when all courses were delivered online. Profits will be donated to an educational charity.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Psychological Science: The Human Animal

Lecture 1 Introduction to Psychological Science

Lecture 2 The Replication Crisis and Course Overview

Lecture 3 The Nature of Science and Housekeeping

Section 2: Major Approaches to Psychological Science: History and Study of Human Evolution

Lecture 4 Introduction to Major Approaches in Psychological Science

Lecture 5 The 18th Century

Lecture 6 The 19th Century

Lecture 7 The 20th Century

Section 3: Genetic and Cultural Evolution

Lecture 8 Introduction to Genetic and Cultural Evolution: DNA and Genes

Lecture 9 Evolution

Lecture 10 Evidence of Evolution

Section 4: Social Learning: The Psychological Foundations of Culture

Lecture 11 Social Learning

Lecture 12 Social Learning Biases

Lecture 13 Cultural Evolution

Section 5: Perception and the Brain

Lecture 14 Introduction

Lecture 15 Brain Plasticity

Lecture 16 Brain Development

Section 6: Cognitive Processes: Attention, memory, etc.

Lecture 17 Introduction to Cognitive Processes

Lecture 18 Attention and Memory

Section 7: Language

Lecture 19 Introduction

Lecture 20 Language and Acquisition

Lecture 21 Elements of Language and Thought

Section 8: Intelligence, Rationality and Reasoning

Lecture 22 History of IQ

Lecture 23 Intelligence and IQ

Lecture 24 Genes and Culture

Lecture 25 Causal Reasoning

Section 9: Psychopathology and Individual Differences

Lecture 26 Introduction to Personality

Lecture 27 Other Individual Differences

Lecture 28 Psychopathology

Section 10: Emotions and Attraction I

Lecture 29 Introduction

Lecture 30 Theories of Emotion

Lecture 31 Emotions in Other Contexts

Section 11: Emotions and Attraction II

Lecture 32 Introduction to Attraction

Lecture 33 Mating Emotions

Section 12: Norms and Preferences

Lecture 34 Norms and Preferences

Lecture 35 Stereotypes

Section 13: Social Learning and Persuasion

Lecture 36 Introduction

Lecture 37 Heuristics and Biases

Lecture 38 Learning

Section 14: Cooperation, Conflict, and Corruption

Lecture 39 Introduction

Lecture 40 Mechanisms of Cooperation and Conflict

Lecture 41 Corruption and Cooperation

Section 15: Group Dynamics and Ethnic Psychology

Lecture 42 Introduction

Lecture 43 Ethnic Psychology

Lecture 44 Cultural-Group Interaction

Section 16: Institutions and Innovation

Lecture 45 Introduction

Lecture 46 The Collective Brain

Lecture 47 Levers of Innovation

Section 17: Development: Psychology Across the Lifespan

Lecture 48 Introduction

Lecture 49 Adolescence and Old Age

Section 18: Cultural Psychology: Psychology Across the World

Lecture 50 Introduction

Lecture 51 Origins of Individual Differences

Section 19: Humans: A New Kind of Animal

Lecture 52 Summary: Humans: A New Kind of Animal

Section 20: Big Questions for a Theory of Human Behaviour

Lecture 53 Big Questions and Connections

Lecture 54 Real World Challenges

This course is perfect for learners interested in understanding human behaviour in a variety of different contexts, and applying these insights to personal, academic and professional realms.,University students, professionals, and all learners curious about human behaviour and psychology!,Those with an interest or even background in psychology wanting an up-to-date refresher