The Science of Thought and Behavior. Introduction to Psychology is a journey through all of the major psychological concepts and principles. The knowledge gained from this course will allow students to critically evaluate psychological research and have a more in-depth understanding of human thought and behavior.

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Students will be able to:

- identify and analyze the social dimension of society as a context for human life, the processes of social change and social continuity, the role of human agency in those processes, and the forces that engender social cohesion and fragmentation.

- place contemporary developments in cultural, historical, environmental, and spatial contexts.

identify the dynamics of ethnic, cultural, gender/sexual, age-based, class, regional, national, transnational, and global identities and the similarities, differences, linkages, and interactions between them.

- evaluate social science information, draw on different points of view, and formulate applications appropriate to contemporary social issues.

- recognize the interactions of social institutions, culture, and environment with the behavior of individuals.

What You Will Learn

LESSON 1

Introduction to Psychology

- Practice versus research.

- Industrial and organizational psychology.

- Forensic psychology.

LESSON 2

Research Methods

- Sex chores correlation and correlation coefficients.

- Beach correlation study.

- High fives study.

LESSON 3

The biology of behavior

- Introducing Matt Sputnik and genetics.

- Timeline of humans and human evolution.

- Genetic code and dominance complexity.

LESSON 4

Sensation and Perception

- Weight difference threshold.

- Mechanoreceptors and the Golden brain ceremony.

- Nearsightedness and the eye and the Odins eye theory.

LESSON 5

Psychological development

- Nature vs nurture.

- Developmental stages and domains.

- Prenatal exposure.

LESSON 6

Consciousness

- Coma and consciousness

- and attention.

- Meditation.

- The function of sleep

- sleep apnea and Insomnia.

LESSON 7

Depressants, Hallucinogens and Opioids

- Barbituates and benzodiazapines

- alcohol and other depressants.

- Heroin and other opioids

- cannabis

- marijuana effects.

- Psilocybin for terminal illness

- MDMA for PTSD.

LESSON 8

Memory

- H.M. or Henry Molaison

- removal of the hippocampi.

- Sensory memory

- central executive.

- Introduction to long-term memory.

LESSON 9

And much more...

- Language

- intelligence

- motivation and emotion.

- Stress and health

- personality.