PSYC*1000

University of Guelph

Course Overview

Lessons & Practice

I. Welcome

1. Introduction to Psychology

52min

1.1.1. Why Do We Need Science? 4 min

1.1.2. Practice

1.2.1. The Scientific Method3 min

1.2.2. Practice

1.3.1. Roots in Philosophy 2 min

1.3.2. Practice

1.4.1. Roots in Physiology & Psychophysics 46 sec

1.4.2. Practice

1.5.1. Structuralism & Functionalism3 min

1.5.2. Practice

1.6.1. Gestalt Psychology39 sec

1.6.2. Practice

1.7.1. Behaviourism1 min

1.7.2. Practice

1.8.1. The Cognitive Revolution40 sec

1.8.2. Practice

1.9.1. Applied Psychology44 sec

1.9.2. Practice

1.10.1. Evolutionary Psychology 1 min

1.10.2. Practice

1.11.1. Neuroscience 51 sec

1.11.2. Practice

1.12.1. Cultural Psychology55 sec

1.12.2. Practice

1.13.1. Social Psychology 40 sec

1.13.2. Practice

1.14.1. Inductive & Deductive Reasoning1 min

1.14.2. Practice

1.15.1. Descriptive Statistics3 min

1.15.2. Practice

1.16.1. Correlations2 min

1.16.2. Practice

1.16.3. Practice

1.17.1. Correlational Designs3 min

1.17.2. Practice

1.17.3. Practice

1.18.1. Statistical Significance5 min

1.18.2. Type I & Type II Error 2 min

1.18.3. Practice

1.18.4. Practice

1.19.1. Reliability & Validity 6 min

1.19.2. Practice

1.20.1. Experiments4 min

1.20.2. Practice

1.20.3. Practice

1.21.1. Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Designs 2 min

1.21.2. Practice

1.22.1. Choosing a Research Design1 min

1.22.2. Practice

1.23.1. Research Ethics in Psychology2 min

1.23.2. Practice

2. Biological Basis of Behaviour

55min

2.1.1. Nature vs. Nurture 1 min

2.1.2. Practice

2.2.1. Chromosomes6 min

2.2.2. Practice

2.3.1. Twin and Adoption Studies2 min

2.3.2. Practice

2.4.1. Heritability1 min

2.4.2. Practice

2.4.3. Practice

2.5.1. Genetic Influences on Behaviour 3 min

2.5.2. Practice

2.6.1. Evolutionary Psychology1 min

2.6.2. Practice

2.7.1. Evolutionary Theories2 min

2.7.2. Practice

2.8.1. The Structure of Neurons3 min

2.8.2. Practice

2.9.1. Types of Cells in the Brain57 sec

2.9.2. Practice

2.10.1. The Synapse2 min

2.10.2. The Action Potential1 min

2.10.3. Practice

2.11.1. Neurotransmitters 1 min

2.11.2. Practice

2.12.1. Agonists & Antagonists 1 min

2.12.2. Practice

2.13.1. Hormones1 min

2.13.2. Practice

2.14.1. Age & Pharmacology2 min

2.14.2. Practice

2.15.1. The Nervous System3 min

2.15.2. Practice

2.15.3. Practice

2.16.1. The Hindbrain & Midbrain1 min

2.16.2. Practice

2.17.1. The Forebrain - Subcortical Structures 3 min

2.17.2. Practice

2.18.1. The Forebrain - The Cortex5 min

2.18.2. Practice

2.18.3. Practice

2.19.1. The Corpus Callosum & Hemispheric Lateralization2 min

2.19.2. Practice

2.20.1. Studying the Brain6 min

2.20.2. Practice

2.21.1. Development of the Nervous System 5 min

2.21.2. Practice

2.22.1. Neural Plasticity1 min

2.22.2. Practice

3. Human Development

56min

3.1.1. Prenatal Development & The Prenatal Environment6 min

3.1.2. Practice

3.2.1. Infant Perceptual Development 3 min

3.2.2. Practice

3.3.1. Infant Motor Development 6 min

3.3.2. Practice

3.4.1. Infant Brain Development1 min

3.4.2. Practice

3.5.1. Cognitive Development 10 min

3.5.2. Practice

3.5.3. Practice

3.5.4. Practice

3.5.5. Practice

3.5.6. Practice

3.6.1. Functions of Emotions 3 min

3.6.2. Practice

3.7.1. Social & Personality Development 5 min

3.7.2. Practice

3.7.3. Practice

3.8.1. Parenting Styles 2 min

3.8.2. Practice

3.8.3. Practice

3.9.1. Attachment4 min

3.9.2. Practice

3.9.3. Practice

3.10.1. Moral Development4 min

3.10.2. Practice

3.11.1. Adolescent Development5 min

3.11.2. Practice

3.12.1. Emerging Adulthood 3 min

3.12.2. Practice

3.13.1. Aging 3 min

3.13.2. Practice

3.14.1. Death & Dying 1 min

3.14.2. Practice

4. Sensation, Perception, and Consciousness

52min

4.1.1. Sensation vs. Perception 1 min

4.1.2. Practice

4.2.1. Signal Detection Theory4 min

4.2.2. Practice

4.2.3. Practice

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

4.3.2. Practice

4.4.1. Sensory Adaptation 47 sec

4.4.2. Practice

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

4.5.2. Practice

4.6.1. Eye Anatomy5 min

4.6.2. Practice

4.7.1. Colour Vision 4 min

4.7.2. Practice

4.8.1. Nearsightedness & Farsightedness2 min

4.8.2. Practice

4.9.1. Feature Detection1 min

4.9.2. Practice

4.10.1. Gestalt Principles 3 min

4.10.2. Practice

4.11.1. Perceptual Sets59 sec

4.11.2. Practice

4.12.1. Depth & Motion Cues 4 min

4.12.2. Practice

4.12.3. Practice

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

4.13.2. Practice

4.14.1. Properties of Consciousness1 min

4.14.2. Practice

4.15.1. Levels of Consciousness 4 min

4.15.2. Practice

4.16.1. Controlled vs. Automatic Processing50 sec

4.16.2. Practice

4.17.1. The Neural Basis of Consciousness 1 min

4.17.2. Practice

4.18.1. Studying Consciousness 2 min

4.18.2. Practice

4.19.1. Circadian Rhythms2 min

4.19.2. Practice

4.20.1. Stages of Sleep & Sleep Disorders5 min

4.20.2. Practice

4.21.1. Dreaming56 sec

4.21.2. Practice

4.22.1. Daydreaming & Conscious Control1 min

4.22.2. Practice

4.23.1. Hypnosis1 min

4.23.2. Practice

4.24.1. Disorders of Consciousness 1 min

4.24.2. Practice

5. Learning and Memory

53min

5.1.1. Classical Conditioning4 min

5.1.2. Extinction, Spontaneous Recovery, Generalization, & Discrimination2 min

5.1.3. Practice

5.1.4. Practice

5.2.1. Principles of Operant Conditioning1 min

5.2.2. Types of Reinforcement4 min

5.2.3. Reinforcement Schedules4 min

5.2.4. Punishment, Escape, & Avoidance Learning1 min

5.2.5. Shaping & Chaining1 min

5.2.6. Practice

5.2.7. Practice

5.2.8. Practice

5.2.9. Practice

5.2.10. Practice

5.3.1. Explicit/Declarative Memory 3 min

5.3.2. Practice

5.3.3. Practice

5.4.1. Implicit/Nondeclarative Memory1 min

5.4.2. Practice

5.5.1. Brain Regions & Mechanisms Involved in Memory2 min

5.5.2. Practice

5.6.1. Encoding, Storage, & Retrieval4 min

5.6.2. Practice

5.7.1. Sensory Memory 3 min

5.7.2. Practice

5.8.1. Short-Term & Working Memory 5 min

5.8.2. Practice

5.8.3. Practice

5.8.4. Practice

5.9.1. Forgetting - Decay & Interference1 min

5.9.2. Practice

5.10.1. Eyewitness Memory & Memory Biases 8 min

5.10.2. Practice

5.11.1. Seven Sins of Memory 3 min

5.11.2. Practice

5.12.1. Amnesia2 min

5.12.2. Practice

5.12.3. Practice

5.13.1. Levels of Processing1 min

5.13.2. Practice

5.14.1. Transfer-Appropriate Processing41 sec

5.14.2. Practice

6. Thought, Motivations, and Emotions

51min

6.1.1. Concepts & Categories 4 min

6.1.2. Practice

6.2.1. Concepts, Categories, & The Brain2 min

6.2.2. Practice

6.3.1. Judgment & Decision Making9 min

6.3.2. Practice

6.4.1. Decision Making & The Brain2 min

6.4.2. Practice

6.5.1. Problem-Solving Theories3 min

6.5.2. Practice

6.6.1. Reasoning2 min

6.6.2. Practice

6.7.1. Theory of Mind6 min

6.7.2. Practice

6.7.3. Practice

6.8.1. Drive States34 sec

6.8.2. Practice

6.9.1. Hunger2 min

6.9.2. Practice

6.10.1. Hunger & Eating Disorders1 min

6.10.2. Practice

6.11.1. Sexual Desire 4 min

6.11.2. Practice

6.12.1. Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation45 sec

6.12.2. Practice

6.13.1. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 1 min

6.13.2. Practice

6.14.1. Achievement & Mastery1 min

6.14.2. Practice

6.15.1. Emotions - Valence & Arousal 1 min

6.15.2. Practice

6.16.1. Appraisals & Action Tendencies 2 min

6.16.2. Practice

6.17.1. Theories of Emotion3 min

6.17.2. Practice

6.18.1. Basic Emotions2 min

6.18.2. Practice

6.19.1. Brain Regions Involved in Emotion1 min

6.19.2. Practice

6.20.1. Emotional Communication3 min

6.20.2. Practice

7. Personality

35min

7.1.1. Personality Traits6 min

7.2.1. Personality Stability 4 min

7.3.1. Psychodynamic Approach4 min

7.4.1. Humanistic Approach3 min

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

7.5.2. Self-Concept & Self-Esteem3 min

7.6.1. Objective Tests & Personality Inventories2 min

7.6.2. Objective Tests & Personality Inventories3 min

7.7.1. Implicit and Projective Tests2 min

7.7.2. Projective/Implicit Tests3 min

7.8.1. Behavioural Measures37 sec

7.8.2. Behavioural Measures4 min

8. Social Psychology

1.1hr

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

8.1.2. Social Norms5 min

8.2.1. Social Facilitation, Deindividuation, & Social Loafing2 min

8.2.2. Social Facilitation & Social Loafing2 min

8.3.1. Group Polarization & Groupthink2 min

8.3.2. Making Decisions in Groups3 min

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

8.4.2. Interpersonal Attraction5 min

8.5.1. Bias, Prejudice, & Discrimination3 min

8.5.2. Processes that Contribute to Prejudice55 sec

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

8.5.4. Prejudice, Judgment, & Stereotyping4 min

8.6.1. The Bystander Effect51 sec

8.6.2. Conformity & Obedience

8.6.3. Interpersonal Behaviour51 sec

8.7.1. Attributional Processes2 min

8.7.2. Attributional Errors & Biases6 min

8.8.1. Attitudes & Behaviour2 min

8.8.2. Attitudes4 min

8.9.1. Culture & Behaviour2 min

8.9.2. Race and Ethnicity2 min

8.9.3. Belonging3 min

9. Mental Health & Clinical Psychology

48min

9.1.1. The DSM-V2 min

9.1.2. The DSM-V2 min

9.2.1. Personality Disorder Clusters2 min

9.2.2. Specific Personality Disorders3 min

9.2.3. Personality Disorders4 min

9.3.1. Anxiety Disorders3 min

9.3.2. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder2 min

9.3.3. Anxiety Disorders5 min

9.4.1. Depressive Disorders3 min

9.4.2. Bipolar and Related Disorders2 min

9.4.3. Mood Disorders4 min

9.5.1. Schizophrenia2 min

9.5.2. Schizophrenia & Related Disorders4 min

9.6.1. Goals of Therapy and Common Features2 min

9.6.2. Therapeutic Orientations4 min

9.7.1. Why People Don't Seek Treatment52 sec

9.8.1. Culture & Gender

9.9.1. Biological Treatments2 min

9.10.1. Does Therapy Work?2 min

Mock Exams

ME.1. Midterm 2 - Mock Assessment50 Qns

ME.2. Midterm 1 - Mock Assessment42 Qns

ME.3. Final Exam - Mock Assessment25 Qns

Midterm Overview

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