Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 110) - Part 01
(Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu)1. Introduction
Professor Paul Bloom welcomes students and presents the course as a comprehensive introduction to the study of the human mind. Course readings and requirements are discussed. The five main branches of psychology are presented: neuroscience, which is a study of the mind by looking at the brain; developmental, which focuses on how people grow and learn; cognitive, which refers to the computational approach to studying the mind; social, which studies how people interact; and clinical, which examines mental health and mental illnesses.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction to and Requirements for the Course
10:03 - Chapter 2. General Goals for the Course
13:07 - Chapter 3. Examples of Materials Covered in the Course
00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction to and Requirements for the Course
10:03 - Chapter 2. General Goals for the Course
13:07 - Chapter 3. Examples of Materials Covered in the Course
2. Foundations: This Is Your Brain
This lecture introduces students to two broad theories of how the mind relates to the body. Dualism is the ubiquitous and intuitive feeling that our conscious mind is separate from our physical bodies, whereas Materialism is the idea that all of our mental states are caused by physical states of the brain. This lecture reviews arguments explaining why materialism has become the predominant theory of mind in psychology. This discussion is followed by a basic overview of the neurophysiology of the brain.
00:00 - Chapter 1. The Brain, the Mind and Dualism
12:06 - Chapter 2. Scientific Consensus Against Dualism
19:28 - Chapter 3. The Neuron: The Basic Building Blocks of Thought
32:58 - Chapter 4. The Different Parts of the Brain
44:47 - Chapter 5. Mechanist Conception and the Hard Problem of Consciousness
3. Foundations: Freud
This lecture introduces students to the theories of Sigmund Freud, including a brief biographical description and his contributions to the field of psychology. The limitations of his theories of psychoanalysis are covered in detail, as well as the ways in which his conception of the unconscious mind still operate in mainstream psychology today.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Sigmund Freud in a Historical Context
06:51 - Chapter 2. Unconscious Motivation: The Id, Ego and Superego
13:45 - Chapter 3. Personality Development and Psychosexual Development
20:32 - Chapter 4. Defense Mechanisms, the Aims of Psychoanalysis, Dreams
29:11 - Chapter 5. Question and Answer on Freud's Theories
32:55 - Chapter 6. Controversies and Criticisms on Freud's Theories
42:10 - Chapter 7. Examples of the Unconscious in Modern Psychology
51:55 - Chapter 8. Further Question and Answer on Freud
00:00 - Chapter 1. Sigmund Freud in a Historical Context
06:51 - Chapter 2. Unconscious Motivation: The Id, Ego and Superego
13:45 - Chapter 3. Personality Development and Psychosexual Development
20:32 - Chapter 4. Defense Mechanisms, the Aims of Psychoanalysis, Dreams
29:11 - Chapter 5. Question and Answer on Freud's Theories
32:55 - Chapter 6. Controversies and Criticisms on Freud's Theories
42:10 - Chapter 7. Examples of the Unconscious in Modern Psychology
51:55 - Chapter 8. Further Question and Answer on Freud
4. Foundations: Skinner
Professor Bloom opens with a brief discussion of the value and evolutionary basis of unconscious processing. The rest of this lecture introduces students to the theory of Behaviorism, particularly the work of prominent behaviorist, B. F. Skinner. Different types of learning are discussed in detail, as well as reasons why behaviorism has been largely displaced as an adequate theory of human mental life.
00:00 - Chapter 1. A Brief Review on the Unconscious
06:32 - Chapter 2. B. F. Skinner and Behaviorism
11:45 - Chapter 3. Habituation: The Very Simplest Form of Learning
14:25 - Chapter 4. Classical Conditioning: Associating Stimulus
31:18 - Chapter 5. Operant Conditioning: Operating on the Environment
45:12 - Chapter 6. Question and Answer on Behaviorism
46:44 - Chapter 7. Controversies and Criticisms on Behaviorism
5. What Is It Like to Be a Baby: The Development of Thought
This lecture explores issues and ideas related to the branch of psychology known as cognitive development. It begins with an introduction of Piaget who, interested in the emergence of knowledge in general, studied children and the way they learn about the world in order to formulate his theories of cognitive development. This is followed by an introduction to the modern science of infant cognition. Finally, the question of the relationship between and the existence of different kinds of development is addressed.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Jean Piaget, Stage Theory and Its Limits
12:50 - Chapter 2. The Modern Science of Infant Cognition
25:12 - Chapter 3. Babies in the Social World
31:26 - Chapter 4. Question and Answer on Learning and Development
33:53 - Chapter 5. Review of Studies Presented in Class; Autism
40:38 - Chapter 6. Question and Answer on Autism
00:00 - Chapter 1. Jean Piaget, Stage Theory and Its Limits
12:50 - Chapter 2. The Modern Science of Infant Cognition
25:12 - Chapter 3. Babies in the Social World
31:26 - Chapter 4. Question and Answer on Learning and Development
33:53 - Chapter 5. Review of Studies Presented in Class; Autism
40:38 - Chapter 6. Question and Answer on Autism
6. How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth
One of the most uniquely human abilities is the capacity for creating and understanding language. This lecture introduces students to the major topics within the study of language: phonology, morphology, syntax and recursion. This lecture also describes theories of language acquisition, arguments for the specialization of language, and the commonalities observed in different languages across cultures.
00:00 - Chapter 1. The Scientific Notion of Language and Structure
15:53 - Chapter 2. Phonology: A System of Sounds
24:07 - Chapter 3. Morphology: A System of Words
27:21 - Chapter 4. Syntax: Communicating Complicated Ideas
35:21 - Chapter 5. Question and Answer on Language Structure
39:10 - Chapter 6. Noam Chomsky and Language Acquisition
47:07 - Chapter 7. The Time Course of Language Acquisition
00:00 - Chapter 1. The Scientific Notion of Language and Structure
15:53 - Chapter 2. Phonology: A System of Sounds
24:07 - Chapter 3. Morphology: A System of Words
27:21 - Chapter 4. Syntax: Communicating Complicated Ideas
35:21 - Chapter 5. Question and Answer on Language Structure
39:10 - Chapter 6. Noam Chomsky and Language Acquisition
47:07 - Chapter 7. The Time Course of Language Acquisition
7. Conscious of the Present; Conscious of the Past: Language
This lecture finishes the discussion of language by briefly reviewing two additional topics: communication systems in non-human primates and other animals, and the relationship between language and thought. The majority of this lecture is then spent on introducing students to major theories and discoveries in the fields of perception, attention and memory. Topics include why we see certain visual illusions, why we don't always see everything we think we see, and the relationship between different types of memory.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Non-Human Communication
09:16 - Chapter 2. The Relationship Between Language and Thought
12:39 - Chapter 3. Question and Answer on Language
18:06 - Chapter 4. Introduction to the Complexity of Perception and Expectation
39:15 - Chapter 5. Linking Attention and Memory
58:04 - Chapter 6. Question and Answer on Attention and Memory
00:00 - Chapter 1. Non-Human Communication
09:16 - Chapter 2. The Relationship Between Language and Thought
12:39 - Chapter 3. Question and Answer on Language
18:06 - Chapter 4. Introduction to the Complexity of Perception and Expectation
39:15 - Chapter 5. Linking Attention and Memory
58:04 - Chapter 6. Question and Answer on Attention and Memory
8. Conscious of the Present; Conscious of the Past
In this lecture, Professor Bloom reviews the basic psychological research on memory. Specific topics covered include the different memory types, memory limitations, strategies that improve memory, and memory disorders. This lecture also includes a discussion of several important social implications for memory research, such as recovered memories, and the influence of suggestibility on eyewitness testimony.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Distinctions Between Short-Term and Long-Term Memory
13:22 - Chapter 2. How Structure and Organization Affects Long-Term Memory
18:27 - Chapter 3. Memory Retrieval
25:50 - Chapter 4. Memory Failure
37:15 - Chapter 5. The Power of Suggestion on Memory
44:56 - Chapter 6. Hypnosis, Repressed Memory and Flashbulb Memories
52:45 - Chapter 7. Question and Answer on Memory
00:00 - Chapter 1. Distinctions Between Short-Term and Long-Term Memory
13:22 - Chapter 2. How Structure and Organization Affects Long-Term Memory
18:27 - Chapter 3. Memory Retrieval
25:50 - Chapter 4. Memory Failure
37:15 - Chapter 5. The Power of Suggestion on Memory
44:56 - Chapter 6. Hypnosis, Repressed Memory and Flashbulb Memories
52:45 - Chapter 7. Question and Answer on Memory
9. Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Love (Guest Lecture by)
Guest lecturer Peter Salovey, Professor of Psychology and Dean of Yale College, introduces students to the dominant psychological theories of love and attraction. Specific topics include the different types of love, the circumstances that predict attraction, and the situations where people mistakenly attribute arousal for love.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction to Dr Peter Salovey
01:41 - Chapter 2. Defining Love and Its Permutations
16:22 - Chapter 3. The Social Psychology of Love and Attraction
43:53 - Chapter 4. Misattribution for the Causes of Arousal
01:03:46 - Chapter 5. Question and Answer
10. Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Evolution and Rationality
This lecture introduces students to the study of psychology from an evolutionary perspective, the idea that like the body, natural selection has shaped the development of the human mind. Prominent arguments for and against the theory of natural selection and its relationship to human psychology are reviewed. Students will hear several examples of how studying mental phenomenon from an evolutionary perspective can help constrain theories in psychology as well as explain many prevalent human instincts that underlie many of our most basic behaviors and decisions.
00:00 - Chapter 1. The Modern Biological Account of the Origin of Psychological Phenomena
13:35 - Chapter 2. Avoiding Misconceptions When Applying Evolutionary Theory to Psychology
22:38 - Chapter 3. Claims Against the Evolutionary Psychology
26:42 - Chapter 4. Ways in Which Evolution Helps Describe the Mind
39:43 - Chapter 5. Heuristics: Framing Effects, Base Rates, Availability Bias and Confirmation Bias
00:00 - Chapter 1. The Modern Biological Account of the Origin of Psychological Phenomena
13:35 - Chapter 2. Avoiding Misconceptions When Applying Evolutionary Theory to Psychology
22:38 - Chapter 3. Claims Against the Evolutionary Psychology
26:42 - Chapter 4. Ways in Which Evolution Helps Describe the Mind
39:43 - Chapter 5. Heuristics: Framing Effects, Base Rates, Availability Bias and Confirmation Bias
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