Lesson 1
Preface
- Subject:
- Social Science
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
- Tags:
- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution
- Language:
- English
OpenStax Psychology
Unit 1
Preface
Unit 2
Introduction to Psychology
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Psychology?Lesson 3
History of PsychologyLesson 4
Contemporary PsychologyLesson 5
Careers in Psychology
Unit 3
Psychological Research
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Why Is Research Important?Lesson 3
Approaches to ResearchLesson 4
Analyzing FindingsLesson 5
Ethics
Unit 4
Biopsychology
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Human GeneticsLesson 3
Cells of the Nervous SystemLesson 4
Parts of the Nervous SystemLesson 5
The Brain and Spinal CordLesson 6
The Endocrine System
Unit 5
States of Consciousness
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Consciousness?Lesson 3
Sleep and Why We SleepLesson 4
Stages of SleepLesson 5
Sleep Problems and DisordersLesson 6
Substance Use and AbuseLesson 7
Other States of Consciousness
Unit 6
Sensation and Perception
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Sensation versus PerceptionLesson 3
Waves and WavelengthsLesson 4
VisionLesson 5
HearingLesson 6
The Other SensesLesson 7
Gestalt Principles of Perception
Unit 7
Learning
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Learning?Lesson 3
Classical ConditioningLesson 4
Operant Conditioning
Unit 8
Thinking and Intelligence
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Cognition?Lesson 3
LanguageLesson 4
Problem SolvingLesson 6
Measures of IntelligenceLesson 7
The Source of Intelligence
Unit 9
Memory
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
How Memory FunctionsLesson 4
Problems with MemoryLesson 5
Ways to Enhance Memory
Unit 10
Lifespan Development
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Lifespan Development?Lesson 3
Lifespan TheoriesLesson 4
Stages of DevelopmentLesson 5
Death and Dying
Unit 11
Emotion and Motivation
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
MotivationLesson 3
Hunger and EatingLesson 4
Sexual BehaviorLesson 5
Emotion
Unit 12
Personality
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Personality?Lesson 5
Learning ApproachesLesson 6
Humanistic ApproachesLesson 7
Biological ApproachesLesson 8
Trait TheoristsLesson 10
Personality Assessment
Unit 13
Social Psychology
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Social Psychology?Lesson 3
Self-presentationLesson 4
Attitudes and PersuasionLesson 6
Prejudice and DiscriminationLesson 7
AggressionLesson 8
Prosocial Behavior
Unit 14
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Unit 15
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Stress?Lesson 3
StressorsLesson 4
Stress and IllnessLesson 5
Regulation of StressLesson 6
The Pursuit of Happiness
Unit 16
Psychological Disorders
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 5
Anxiety DisordersLesson 7
Posttraumatic Stress DisorderLesson 8
Mood DisordersLesson 9
SchizophreniaLesson 10
Dissociative DisordersLesson 11
Personality DisordersLesson 12
Disorders in Childhood
Unit 17
Therapy and Treatment