April 12, 2020 by ktangen

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Statistics and more

After 50 years, I’ve retired from teaching. Consequently, I’m consolidating all my teaching sites here in one place. This is the new home for:

statnut.com (active since 20-8)
psychnut.com (active since 2008)
developmentaldave.cpm Active since 2013)
psychlearning.com (active since 2016)
basicpersonality.com (active since 2011)
biologicalpsych.com (active since 2011)
psychhistory.com
honorspsych.com
himsteria.com

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General Psychology

Here are some topics usually covered:

History & Systems

This is a great class to take after all the other classes. It reminds you of all the people and theories you’ve covered, and bookends General Psychology. In general terms, as its name suggests, both the history of psychology and its approaches (systems) are covered. In practical terms, History & Systems emphasizes two things: people and vocabulary. If you know the details of a theory (vocabulary) and who coined them, you can easily differentiate between theories. Shaping leads you to Skinner as much as object permanence leads you to Piaget, and superego leads you to Freud.

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

Perception

the earliest studies in psychology were on perception. It was thought to be easier to study than memory or pers. Vision is the most studied sense. But the course covers many techniques and fields of study.

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

Biological Psychology

The combination of biology and psychology is variously called neuroscience, physiological psychology, cognitive science and biological psychology. The focus is on the biological processes underlying behavior. We are the brain people of psychology, or the psychology people of neuroscience.

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

Lifespan Development

This is a combination of several classes: early childhood development, child development, adolescent development, and thanatology. It covers the rise and fall of a person, from pre-birth to post-death.

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

Research Methods

Sometimes called Experimental Psychology, Research Methods prepares you to conduct and analyze studies like a professional. The focus is of thinking and writing like a scientist.

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

Statistics

In order to do number crunching, you have to start with thinking. There are many decisions to make before you even collect the data. Minimal math skills are required; that’s what computers are for. Taught well, this is a very interesting class.

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

For Mary Knopp Kelly: Practice Problems

Learning

You can improve upon what you already know how to do: learn. With a bit of effort, you can become much better at acquiring facts, concepts, and behaviors. And you can other people do the same.

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

Memory

The flip side of learning is memory. If learning is putting things in, memory is keeping and retrieving what you’ve learned. There are multiple systems of memory which work together seamlessly, usually.

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

Cognition

This course explores all the mental faculties we take for granted. Thinking, comparing, rule making, judging, and heuristics are all included. Cognition is the study of everything going on inside the head.

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

Social Psychology

Humans are social animals. We don’t do well alone. This is the study of how individuals are impacted by their social context. How do we act when we are in a group? How is our behavior different when we are alone?

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

Personality Theories

Personality is fun to study because you already have one, and because no one quite knows what a personality is. This course covers a lot of themes but not many answers. Hopefully, you’ll be able to use all of the competing views to write your own theory of personality.

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

Abnormal Psychology

Sometimes things go wrong. There can be issues that majorly impact daily life. Abnormal Psychology covers a broad range of disorders. Don’t assume you have any of these major conditions just because you have some of the symptoms.

There are 10 things we are going to look at:

Bonus

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