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These lectures review and expand on the material in the textbook. They are organized into fifteen topical areas that correspond closely though not exactly with the topical organization of the textbook.

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Lectures

#1 What is Psychology #5 Development #9 Intelligence #13 Personality
#2 Research Methods #6 Learning #10 Consciousness #14 Social
#3 Biology #7 Memory #11 Motivation #15 Abnormal
#4 Sensation and Perception #8 Cognition & Language #12 Emotions  

#1 What is Psychology
2. Free Will versus Determinism
8'
3. The Mind-Body Problem 5'
4. Basic Assumptions of Science 8'
5. The Binding Problem 6'

# 2 Scientific Methods in Psychology
2.1 Critical Thinking Skills 19'
2.2 Research Methodology 24'
2.3 Descriptive Statistics 26'
2.4 Inferential Statistics 15'

# 3 Biological Psychology
3.1 Neurons
1. Neurons and Glia 23'
2. Action Potential 9'
3. Synapse 3'
3.2 The Nervous System
1. Divisions of the Nervous System 9'
2. Brain Anatomy 13'
3.    
4. Effects of Experience on the Brain 10
6. Epilepsy 24'
7. Hemispheric Lateralization and Handedness 28'

# 4 Sensation and Perception
1
 13'
2
 Touch, Pain, Taste, Smell 14'
2a
 Phantom Limb 12'
2b
 Synesthesia 9'
3
 Pattern Recognition 14'
4
 Gestalt Principles and Depth Perception 6'
5
 Optical Illusions 3'

# 5 Human Developmentlogo
1. 15'
2 Attachment 15'
3 Evolutionary Psychology 42'

# 6 Learning
 
6.2 Classical Conditioning
1. Pavlov and Classical Conditioning 14'
2. Advanced Classical Conditioning 9'
6.3 Operant Conditioning
1. Operant Conditioning Part 1 19'
2. Operant Conditioning Part 2 13'
6.4 Other Kinds of Learning
1. Other Kinds of Learning 7'

# 7 Memory
1. 26'
2. 12'
3. 36'
4. Amnesia 19'

# 8 Cognition and Language
8.1 Attention and Categorization
1.
28'
Module 8.2 Problem Solving, Expertise, and Error
1. Expertise and Problem Solving 9'
2. Reasoning by Heuristics 10'
Module 8.3 Language
1. Nonhuman and Human Specializations 15'
2. Learning and Understanding Language 10'

# 9 Inelligence
1. Types of Tests, Their Reliability, Validity, and Utility 25'
2. Intelligence Testing 10'
3. Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Intelligence 18'
4. Theories of Intelligence 8'
     
6. Mental Retardation and the Flynn Effect 5'
7. Predictive Validity of IQ Tests 9'
8. Race and IQ Test Bias 16'

# 10 States of Consciousnessat
1. Circadian and Biorhythms 12'
2. Sleep 32'
3. Sleep Problems 22'
4. Dreams 11'
5. Hypnosis 28'
6. 9 Misconceptions 4'

# 11 Motivation
Module 11.1 General Principles of Motivation
1. Views of Motivation 12'
Module 11.2 Hunger Motivation
1. Physiology of Hunger and Satiety 13'
2. Obesity 10'
3. Dieting 15'
4. Eating Disorders 13'
Module 11.3 Sexual Motivation
1. Sexual Behavior of Americans 19'
2. Dimensions of Gender 24'
3. Prenatal Sexual Development 21'
Module 11.4 Work Motivation
1. Goals and Deadlines 11'
2. Job Design, Satisfaction, and Leadership 6'

# 12 Emotions, Stress, and Health
 
1. Emotions
27'
     

# 13 Personality
1. Personality Introduction 6'
2. The Big Five Traits 4'
3.    
4. Personality Tests 15'
5. Psychoanalytic Theory 18'
6. Neo-Freudians 5'
7. Defense Mechanisms 6'

# 14 Social Psychology
Module 14.1 Social Perception and Obedience to Authority
1. First Impressions and Physical Attractiveness 17'
2. Stereotypes and Prejudices 6'
3. Attributions 15'
4. Implicit Attitudes Test 14'
Module 14.2 Attitudes and Persuasion
1. What is an Attitude and Cognitive Dissonance 9'
2. Persuasion 14'
Module 14.4 Interpersonal Influence
2. Bystander Effect 26'
Module 14.5 The Power of the Social Situation
2. Obedience to Authority 18'

# 15 Abnormality Behavior
Module 15.1 What is Abnormal Behaivor?
1. Defining Abnormal Behavior 12'
2. DSM-IV-TR 12'
3. DSM Critics 10'
Module 15.4 Mood Disorders
1. Mood Disorders 20'
Module 15.5 Schizophrenia
1. Schizophrenia 14'



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