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Motivation-Achievement and Emotion
Motivation-Achievement and Emotion
What are feelings and why do we sometimes work hard for things that could be easier?
14 Oct 2010
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48mins
Ranked #2
Erik Erikson on Development
Erik Erikson on Development
Erikson’s theory about the social motivation for development covers the lifespan.
28 Sep 2009
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37mins
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Cognition-Race, Genetics and Intelligence
Cognition-Race, Genetics and Intelligence
Racial differences in intelligence, test bias, the Terminites, and the Bell Curve.
11 Oct 2010
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Sigmund Freud on Development
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Freud’s theory is both influential and misunderstood. It’s time to clarify his work.
28 Sep 2009
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Motivation - Hunger and Eating Disorders
Motivation - Hunger and Eating Disorders
Hunger is a basic motivation for survival that sometimes goes wrong.
28 Sep 2011
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The Science of Psychology
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This lecture covers the scientific thinking that shaped psychology and the three -isms of psychology: empiricism, ration... Read more
20 May 2014
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Freud on Personality Formation
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Sigmund Freud explains how your personality is shaped by age 6 and how we can get stuck in the early stages of personali... Read more
4 Apr 2010
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Humanistic Psychology on Personality
Humanistic Psychology on Personality
Humanistic psychology takes a positive view of human personality and shows how we can tap into our potential to grow as ... Read more
4 Apr 2010
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25mins
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The Philosophy of Psychology
The Philosophy of Psychology
This lecture explores some of the great ideas in the history of Western thought (Hippocrates, Socrates, Plato and Aristo... Read more
9 Jan 2009
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39mins
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Personality-Trait Theory and Behaviorism
Personality-Trait Theory and Behaviorism
Other theories of personality played down the forces that shape personality and instead focused on describing personalit... Read more
4 Apr 2010
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28mins
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Moral Development
Moral Development
How do you learn right from wrong? Moral reasoning makes it clear.
12 Feb 2010
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36mins
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Biology - Your Body Affects Your Thoughts
Biology - Your Body Affects Your Thoughts
The basic building blocks of the nervous system explains how changes in your body affect how you think and feel.
9 Jan 2009
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Consciousness-What Does It Mean To Be You?
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Your consciousness connects you to the past and the present. Here we explore what consciousness means to you.
28 Sep 2009
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Sensation - Do You See What I See
Sensation - Do You See What I See
The sense of sight is a primary sense used by human beings. Here we explore the amazing eye and its function.
10 Jan 2009
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Consciousness-Sleep and Dreaming
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We explore the field of sleep & dreaming and the phenomenon of hypnosis.
28 Sep 2009
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28mins
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Axis I Mental Disorders
Axis I Mental Disorders
The most common disorders are Axis 1 disorders, such as anxiety and depression.
26 Jan 2015
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47mins
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Social Psych - Social Thinking
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How do you know your place in the world? We will learn about the ways of social thinking that define our identity as ind... Read more
11 Jul 2014
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34mins
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Modern Psychotherapy - Humanistic, Gestalt, Cognitive
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Other approaches to therapy are humanistic, Gestalt, and cognitive therapy.
13 May 2014
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Modern Psychotherapy-Freud & Behaviorism
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Each school of thought approached psychotherapy in different ways. We start with psychoanalysis and behaviorism.
22 May 2014
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Memory - Encoding & Storage
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Memory encodes and stores information about your life. This lecture looks into the types of memory and how memories are ... Read more
28 Sep 2009
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30mins