PSYC 100

McGill

Course Overview

Lessons & Practice

I. Welcome

1. History of Psychology

18min

1.1.1. Psychology's Goals 2 min

1.1.2. Practice

1.2.1. Roots in Philosophy 2 min

1.2.2. Practice

1.3.1. Roots in Physiology & Psychophysics 46 sec

1.3.2. Practice

1.4.1. Structuralism & Functionalism3 min

1.4.2. Practice

1.5.1. Gestalt Psychology39 sec

1.5.2. Practice

1.6.1. Behaviourism1 min

1.6.2. Practice

1.7.1. The Cognitive Revolution40 sec

1.7.2. Practice

1.8.1. Applied Psychology44 sec

1.8.2. Practice

1.9.1. Evolutionary Psychology 1 min

1.9.2. Practice

1.10.1. Neuroscience 51 sec

1.10.2. Practice

1.11.1. Cultural Psychology55 sec

1.11.2. Practice

1.12.1. Social Psychology 40 sec

1.12.2. Practice

1.13.1. Levels of Analysis2 min

1.13.2. Practice

1.14.1. Psychology as a Profession 1 min

1.14.2. Practice

2. Research Methods in Psychology

43min

2.1.1. Why Do We Need Science? 4 min

2.1.2. Practice

2.2.1. The Scientific Method3 min

2.2.2. Practice

2.3.1. Inductive & Deductive Reasoning1 min

2.3.2. Practice

2.4.1. Methods of Studying Daily Life & Online Behaviour2 min

2.4.2. Practice

2.5.1. Correlations2 min

2.5.2. Practice

2.5.3. Practice

2.6.1. Correlational Designs3 min

2.6.2. Practice

2.6.3. Practice

2.7.1. Experiments4 min

2.7.2. Practice

2.7.3. Practice

2.8.1. Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Designs 2 min

2.8.2. Practice

2.9.1. Choosing a Research Design1 min

2.9.2. Practice

2.10.1. Reliability & Validity 6 min

2.10.2. Practice

2.11.1. Descriptive Statistics3 min

2.11.2. Practice

2.12.1. Statistical Significance5 min

2.12.2. Type I & Type II Error 2 min

2.12.3. Practice

2.12.4. Practice

2.13.1. Research Ethics in Psychology2 min

2.13.2. Practice

4. The Biological Bases of Behaviour

35min

4.1.1. The Structure of Neurons3 min

4.1.2. Practice

4.2.1. Types of Cells in the Brain57 sec

4.2.2. Practice

4.3.1. The Synapse2 min

4.3.2. The Action Potential1 min

4.3.3. Practice

4.4.1. Neurotransmitters 1 min

4.4.2. Practice

4.5.1. Agonists & Antagonists 1 min

4.5.2. Practice

4.6.1. The Nervous System3 min

4.6.2. Practice

4.6.3. Practice

4.7.1. Hormones1 min

4.7.2. Practice

4.8.1. The Forebrain - The Cortex5 min

4.8.2. Practice

4.8.3. Practice

4.9.1. The Forebrain - Subcortical Structures 3 min

4.9.2. Practice

4.10.1. The Hindbrain & Midbrain1 min

4.10.2. Practice

4.11.1. Studying the Brain6 min

4.11.2. Practice

4.12.1. The Corpus Callosum & Hemispheric Lateralization2 min

4.12.2. Practice

4.13.1. Development of the Nervous System 5 min

4.13.2. Practice

4.14.1. Neural Plasticity1 min

4.14.2. Practice

5. Sensation & Perception

47min

5.1.1. Sensation vs. Perception 1 min

5.1.2. Practice

5.2.1. Signal Detection Theory4 min

5.2.2. Practice

5.2.3. Practice

5.3.1. Thresholds, Just-Noticeable Difference, & Weber's Law2 min

5.3.2. Practice

5.4.1. Sensory Adaptation 47 sec

5.4.2. Practice

5.5.1. Feature Detection1 min

5.5.2. Practice

5.6.1. Top-Down & Bottom-Up Perception 2 min

5.6.2. Practice

5.7.1. Eye Anatomy5 min

5.7.2. Practice

5.8.1. Colour Vision 4 min

5.8.2. Practice

5.9.1. Nearsightedness & Farsightedness2 min

5.9.2. Practice

5.10.1. Ear Anatomy 2 min

5.10.2. Practice

5.11.1. Hearing6 min

5.11.2. Practice

5.12.1. Sound Localization 3 min

5.12.2. Practice

5.13.1. Balance & The Vestibular System3 min

5.13.2. Practice

5.13.3. Practice

5.14.1. Touch & Pain2 min

5.14.2. Practice

5.15.1. The Chemical Senses - Smell & Taste2 min

5.15.2. Practice

5.16.1. Gestalt Principles 3 min

5.16.2. Practice

5.17.1. Depth & Motion Cues 4 min

5.17.2. Practice

5.17.3. Practice

5.18.1. Perceptual Sets59 sec

5.18.2. Practice

7. Consciousness

29min

7.1.1. What is Consciousness? The Problem of Other Minds2 min

7.1.2. Practice

7.2.1. Properties of Consciousness1 min

7.2.2. Practice

7.3.1. Levels of Consciousness 4 min

7.3.2. Practice

7.4.1. Controlled vs. Automatic Processing50 sec

7.4.2. Practice

7.5.1. The Unconscious Mind1 min

7.5.2. Practice

7.6.1. The Neural Basis of Consciousness 1 min

7.6.2. Practice

7.7.1. Studying Consciousness 2 min

7.7.2. Practice

7.8.1. Circadian Rhythms2 min

7.8.2. Practice

7.9.1. Stages of Sleep & Sleep Disorders5 min

7.9.2. Practice

7.10.1. Daydreaming & Conscious Control1 min

7.10.2. Practice

7.11.1. Dreaming56 sec

7.11.2. Practice

7.12.1. Disorders of Consciousness 1 min

7.12.2. Practice

7.13.1. Psychoactive Drugs3 min

7.13.2. Practice

7.14.1. Psychological & Physical Dependence2 min

7.14.2. Practice

7.15.1. Hypnosis1 min

7.15.2. Practice

8. Memory

35min

8.1.1. Encoding, Storage, & Retrieval4 min

8.1.2. Practice

8.2.1. Eyewitness Memory & Memory Biases 8 min

8.2.2. Practice

8.3.1. Levels of Processing1 min

8.3.2. Practice

8.4.1. Sensory Memory 3 min

8.4.2. Practice

8.5.1. Short-Term & Working Memory 5 min

8.5.2. Practice

8.5.3. Practice

8.5.4. Practice

8.6.1. Transfer-Appropriate Processing41 sec

8.6.2. Practice

8.7.1. Brain Regions & Mechanisms Involved in Memory2 min

8.7.2. Practice

8.8.1. Explicit/Declarative Memory 3 min

8.8.2. Practice

8.8.3. Practice

8.9.1. Implicit/Nondeclarative Memory1 min

8.9.2. Practice

8.10.1. Forgetting - Decay & Interference1 min

8.10.2. Practice

8.11.1. Seven Sins of Memory 3 min

8.11.2. Practice

8.12.1. Amnesia2 min

8.12.2. Practice

8.12.3. Practice

9. Hunger, Love, & Other Things That Move Us

20min

9.1.1. Drive States34 sec

9.1.2. Practice

9.2.1. Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation45 sec

9.2.2. Practice

9.3.1. Hunger2 min

9.3.2. Practice

9.4.1. Hunger & Eating Disorders1 min

9.4.2. Practice

9.5.1. Sexual Desire 4 min

9.5.2. Practice

9.6.1. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 1 min

9.6.2. Practice

9.7.1. Achievement & Mastery1 min

9.7.2. Practice

9.8.1. Emotions - Valence & Arousal 1 min

9.8.2. Practice

9.9.1. Appraisals & Action Tendencies 2 min

9.9.2. Practice

9.10.1. Theories of Emotion3 min

9.10.2. Practice

9.11.1. Basic Emotions2 min

9.11.2. Practice

9.12.1. Brain Regions Involved in Emotion1 min

9.12.2. Practice

10. Social Psychology

1.1hr

10.1.1. The Bystander Effect51 sec

10.1.2. Conformity & Obedience

10.1.3. Interpersonal Behaviour51 sec

10.2.1. Attributional Processes2 min

10.2.2. Attributional Errors & Biases6 min

10.3.1. Attitudes & Behaviour2 min

10.3.2. Attitudes4 min

10.4.1. Social Norms, Folkways, Norms, & Taboos2 min

10.4.2. Social Norms5 min

10.5.1. Social Facilitation, Deindividuation, & Social Loafing2 min

10.5.2. Social Facilitation & Social Loafing2 min

10.6.1. Group Polarization & Groupthink2 min

10.6.2. Making Decisions in Groups3 min

10.7.1. Attraction, Attachment, Altruism, & Social Support9 min

10.7.2. Interpersonal Attraction5 min

10.8.1. Culture & Behaviour2 min

10.8.2. Race and Ethnicity2 min

10.8.3. Belonging3 min

10.9.1. Bias, Prejudice, & Discrimination3 min

10.9.2. Processes that Contribute to Prejudice55 sec

10.9.3. Stereotypes, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, and Stereotype Threat2 min

10.9.4. Prejudice, Judgment, & Stereotyping4 min

11. Personality

35min

11.1.1. Personality Traits6 min

11.2.1. Personality Stability 4 min

11.3.1. Psychodynamic Approach4 min

11.4.1. Humanistic Approach3 min

11.5.1. Self-identity, self-efficacy, & locus of control1 min

11.5.2. Self-Concept & Self-Esteem3 min

11.6.1. Objective Tests & Personality Inventories2 min

11.6.2. Objective Tests & Personality Inventories3 min

11.7.1. Implicit and Projective Tests2 min

11.7.2. Projective/Implicit Tests3 min

11.8.1. Behavioural Measures37 sec

11.8.2. Behavioural Measures4 min

12. Psychological Disorders & their Treatment

1.4hr

12.1.1. The DSM-V2 min

12.1.2. The DSM-V2 min

12.2.1. Anxiety Disorders3 min

12.2.2. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder2 min

12.2.3. Anxiety Disorders5 min

12.3.1. Depressive Disorders3 min

12.3.2. Bipolar and Related Disorders2 min

12.3.3. Mood Disorders4 min

12.4.1. Schizophrenia2 min

12.4.2. Schizophrenia & Related Disorders4 min

12.5.1. Personality Disorder Clusters2 min

12.5.2. Specific Personality Disorders3 min

12.5.3. Personality Disorders4 min

12.6.1. Psychopathy2 min

12.6.2. Psychopathy2 min

12.7.1. Hunger & Eating Disorders1 min

12.7.2. Eating Disorders2 min

12.8.1. Dementia4 min

12.8.2. Dementias36 sec

12.9.1. Dissociative Disorders1 min

12.9.2. Dissociative Disorders2 min

12.10.1. Goals of Therapy and Common Features2 min

12.10.2. Therapeutic Orientations4 min

12.10.3. Therapeutic Orientations9 min

12.11.1. Why People Don't Seek Treatment52 sec

12.11.2. Barriers to Treatment3 min

12.12.1. Culture & Gender

12.13.1. Biological Treatments2 min

12.13.2. Biological Treatments5 min

12.14.1. Does Therapy Work?2 min

12.14.2. Assessing Treatment Effectiveness4 min

13. Stress, Coping, and Health

30min

13.1.1. Sources of Stress3 min

13.2.1. Stress Responses5 min

13.3.1. Stress Management3 min

13.4.1. Recognizing Illness2 min

13.5.1. Somatic Disorders2 min

13.6.1. The Patient-Practitioner Relationship2 min

13.7.1. Personality & Health2 min

13.8.1. Addiction6 min

13.9.1. Health-Promoting Behaviours4 min

Mock Exams

ME.1. Second Midterm - Mock Assessment50 Qns

ME.2. Final Exam - Mock Assessment50 Qns

Midterm 1 Overview

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