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Introduction to Psychology
Description, understanding, and control of human
behavior. Two-fold aims: increase student ability to understand
self and others and make more satisfactory adjustment to life
and introduction to field of Psychology.
Prerequisites: E, R
Discovering Psychology
A vivid and challenging introduction to the endlessly fascinating
subject of human behavior. This series covers the fundamental
principles of psychology.
Produced by WGBH/Boston.
A series from the Annenberg/CPB Multimedia Collection.
Textbook "Psychology and Life"
by Gerrig and Zimbardo, Seventeenth Edition, Glenview, IL: Allyn
and Bacon, 2005
ISBN: 0-205-41799-X
Studyguide "Psychology and Life Telecourse Study Guide"
by Richard Gerrig, Philip Zimbardo
ISBN: 0205423906
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1. Past, Present, and Promise
An introduction to psychology as a science at the crossroads of
many fields of knowledge, from philosophy and anthropology to
biochemistry and artificial intelligence.
2. Understanding Research
An examination of the scientific method and the ways in which
data are collected and analyzed – in the lab and in the field
– with an emphasis on sharpening critical thinking regarding
research findings.
3. The Behaving Brain
The structure and composition of the brain: how neurons function,
how information is collected and transmitted, and how chemical
reactions determine every thought, feeling, and action.
4. The Responsive Brain
How the brain controls behavior and conversely, how behavior and
environment influence the brain’s structure and functioning.
5. The Developing Child
The nature vs. nurture debate, and how developmental psychologists
study how both heredity and environment contribute to the development
of children.
6. Language Development
The development of language, and how psychologists hope to discover
truths about the human mind, society, and culture by studying
how children use language in social communication.
7. Sensation and Perception
How visual information is gathered and processed, and how our
culture, previous experiences, and interests influence our perceptions.
8. Learning
The basic principles of classical and operant conditioning and
how renowned researchers – Pavlov, Thorndike, Watson, and
Skinner – have influenced today’s thinking.
9. Remembering and Forgetting
A look at the complex process called memory: how images, ideas,
language even physical actions, sounds and smells are translated
into codes, represented in the memory, and retrieved when needed.
10. Cognitive Process
In exploration into the higher mental processes – reasoning,
planning, and problem solving – and why the "cognitive
revolution" is attracting such diverse investigators, from
philosophers to computer scientists.
11. Judgment and Decision Making
A look at the process of making judgments and decisions, how and
why people make good and bad judgments, and the psychology of
risk taking.
12. Motivation and Emotion
A review of what researchers are discovering about why we act
and feel as we do, from the exhilaration of love to the agony
of failure.
13. The Mind Awake and Asleep
The nature of sleeping, dreaming, and altered states of consciousness,
and how consciousness empowers us to interpret, analyze, and direct
our behavior in adaptive, flexible ways.
14. The Mind Hidden and Divided
How the events and experiences that take place below the level
of consciousness alter our moods, bias our actions, and affect
our health, as demonstrated in multiple personality, hypnosis,
and split-brain patients.
15. The Self
How psychologists systematically study the origins of self-identity
and self-esteem, social determinants of self-conceptions, and
the emotional and motivational consequences of beliefs about oneself.
16. Testing and Intelligence
The field of psychological assessment and the efforts of psychologists
and other professionals to assign values to different abilities,
behaviors, and personalities.
17. Sex and Gender
The ways in which males and females are similar and different,
and how sex roles reflect social values and psychological knowledge.
18. Maturing and Aging
What really happens, physically and psychologically, as we age,
and how society reacts to the last stages of life.
19. The Power of the Situation
How social psychologists attempt to understand human behavior
within its broader social context, and how our beliefs and behavior
can be influenced and manipulated by other people and subtle situational
forces.
20. Constructing Social Reality
The factors that contribute to our interpretation of reality and
how understanding the psychological processes that govern our
behavior may help us to become more empathetic and independent
members of society.
21. Psychopathology
The major types of mental illness, including schizophrenia, phobias,
and affective disorders, and the major factors that influence
them – both biological and psychological.
22. Psychotherapy
The relationships among theory, research, and practice, and how
treatment of psychological disorders has been influenced by historical,
cultural, and social forces.
23. Health, Mind, and Behavior
How research is forcing a profound rethinking of the relationship
between mind and body – a new bio-psychosocial model is replacing
the traditional biomedical model.
24. In Space, Toward Peace
New horizons in psychology, including the ways in which psychologists
are preparing astronauts for space travel and insight into the
psychology of peace, form the complexity of arms negotiations
to our responses to the possibility of nuclear war.
25. A Union of Opposites
A review of some of the most significant insights and principles
regarding human nature and animal behavior, and how a yin-yang
set of opposites has contributed to our understanding of them.
26. New Directions
The speculations of prominent psychologists on the future of the
field, new directions in research, theory, and application, and
how psychology can contribute to improving the quality of our
lives.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY covers the fundamental principles and major
concepts of psychology including: brain and behavior, sensation
and perception, conditioning and learning, cognitive processes,
motivation and emotion, life-span development, the self and identity,
sex and gender, testing and intelligence, social influences, psychopathology
and therapy, stress and health issues, methodology, and new directions.
The host for the video programs is Philip Zimbardo, who has taught
introductory psychology for more than 30 years. Professor Zimbardo
weaves the thread of each program topic through original footage
of classic experiments, interviews with renowned psychologists,
and documentaries on emerging research. He takes viewers into
working laboratories and introduces leading scholars and researchers
who seek to improve the quality of human life. DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY
is part of the Annenberg/CPB Multimedia Collection.
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