心理学导论

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课程概况

What are people most afraid of? What do our dreams mean? Are we natural-born racists? What makes us happy? What are the causes and cures of mental illness? This course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. It explores topics such as perception, communication, learning, memory, decision-making, persuasion, emotions, and social behavior. We will look at how these aspects of the mind develop in children, how they differ across people, how they are wired-up in the brain, and how they break down due to illness and injury.

课程大纲

周1
完成时间为 1 小时
Welcome to Introduction to Psychology
Meet Paul Bloom, your instructor.
1 个视频 （总计 3 分钟）, 3 个阅读材料

完成时间为 3 小时
Foundations
In this module, you will learn about foundational psychological theories and findings in psychology. We will start with the discovery that our mental lives have a physical basis, introducing the field of neuroscience. And then we will turn to two major psychological theories that have come to shape the world that we now live in—Freud’s psychodynamic theory and Skinner’s theory of behaviorism.
17 个视频 （总计 136 分钟）, 3 个阅读材料, 1 个测验

周2
完成时间为 3 小时
Development and Language
In this module, you will learn about foundational psychological research into development and language. Specifically, you will learn about methods for studying how infants and children think and the core discoveries that they have led to. Then you will learn about the structure of language, how language is learned, and end with a little bit on animal communication, language processing, and relationship between language and thought.
14 个视频 （总计 111 分钟）, 2 个阅读材料, 1 个测验

周3
完成时间为 2 小时
Cognition
In this module, you will learn about cognitive psychology. Specifically, you will learn about how we perceive the world, how attention works, and
we store our experiences in memory.
12 个视频 （总计 65 分钟）, 2 个阅读材料, 1 个测验

周4
完成时间为 3 小时
Self and others
In this module, you will learn about psychology examining the self and others. Specifically, in the first half, you will learn about social and
non-social emotions. In the second half, you will learn about how we deal with other people—social psychology.
15 个视频 （总计 122 分钟）, 2 个阅读材料, 1 个测验

周5
完成时间为 2 小时
Variation
In this module, you will learn human variation. The focus will focus on personality and intelligence, and the role of genes and environment in
explaining individual differences. The second half will focus on clinical psychology by reviewing prominent mental illnesses and therapies.
13 个视频 （总计 87 分钟）, 2 个阅读材料, 1 个测验

周6
完成时间为 1 小时
The good life
In the final module, you will learn how psychologists measure happiness and what factors contribute to the good life
7 个视频 （总计 26 分钟）, 2 个阅读材料, 1 个测验