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  • PSYC 100 - Ch 12 “Social Psychology”

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    In this long, really long, lecture, the focus is on the chapter entitled, ‘Social Psychology’ at the undergraduate introduction to psychology courses. I’m using the free, online text book from openstax.org, “Psychology” 2nd edition. This is one of my favorite fields of Psychology, mostly because I started my doctoral degree pursuit in Social Psychology, before switching to Counseling Psychology 4 years later. But I thoroughly enjoyed my deep dive into Social Psych concepts and research, and have taught undergraduate and Master’s level Social Psychology courses previously.   Check out socialpsychology.org and understandingprejudice.org for deeper dives into social psych.  Video Lecture with Captions and Time StampsContent Index:  defining social psychology  Situationism v Dispositionism  Fundamental Attribution Error  Actor-Observer Bias  Self-Serving Bias  Just World Hypothesis  Social Roles  Social Norms and Scripts  Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Study  Defining Attitudes  Cognitive Dissonance  The effect of initiation  Persuasion  Foot in the Door Technique  Conformity  Normative Social Influence v. Informational Social Influence  Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Study   Prejudice, Stereotyping, Discrimination, Racism  Self-fulfilling prophecy & confirmation bias  In-groups and out-groups  Bystander Effect (Helping behavior) How to support the podcast:- Please share, follow/subscribe, and rate/review in your favorite podcast app.

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    1 hr 52 min
  • PSYC 100 - Ch 11 “Personality Theories”

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    In this podcast I give an overview of major personality theories within Psychology, at the introduction to psychology course level. Starting with Freud’s structure of personality, neoFreudians like Alfred Adler, Karen Horney (pronounced Hor-neigh - I know you’re disappointed), humanistic psychology with Carl Rogers, Trait theories, as well as cultural influences on our personalities. Whew!  Defining Personality   Sigmund Freud  levels of Consciousness(Freud)  Three parts of personality, Id, Ego, Superego(Freud)  ego defense mechanisms (Freud)  Alfred Adler (neoFreudian)  Carl Jung (neoFreudian)  Karen Horney (neoFreudian)  Humanistic perspective, self concept (Carl Rogers)  Trait theories   Five factor model (Trait theory)  Cultural influence on personality   Personality Assessments (tests) ———————How to support the podcast:- Please share, follow/subscribe, and rate/review in your favorite podcast app.

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    1 hr 17 min
  • PSYC 100 - Ch 10 “Motivation”

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    In this lecture podcast I cover the major theories of Motivation (taken from ch. 10 ‘motivation and emotion’ from openstax.org’s psychology 2e free etextbook). 

    Content Index:  Define Motivation, Intrinsic v Extrinsic Motivation  Overjustification Effect  William James Instinct Theory of Motivation  Drive Theory of Motivation  Arousal Theory of Motivation  Self-Efficacy & Social Motivation (Albert Bandura)  Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs   Physiological mechanisms of motivation (hunger)  Obesity  Eating Disorders How to support the podcast:- Please share, follow/subscribe, and rate/review in your favorite podcast app.

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  • PSYC 100 - Ch 9 "Lifespan Development"
    Long form lecture covering major topics in the Lifespan Development chapter of an Introduction to Psychology course. I cover major psychological developmental theories, including Freud’s psychosexual stages of development, Erik Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development, and Piaget’s Cognitive development theory (and Kohlberg’s moral development). Also discussed various life stages and events within those stages, from infancy (attachment theory) to adolescence, to adulthood. This kind of lecture, or chapter, does little justice to the field, in that it’s an immense field of research within psychology, that one can take numerous classes and earn advanced degrees in developmental psychology. My hope is that students get a general sense of the field and concepts within it.  
    Video Lecture
    Content Index:  
    Definition of lifespan development  
    Continuous v Discontinuous development  
    Single or multiple courses of development?  
    Nature v Nurture  
    Theories of Development  
    Sigmund Freud's Psychosexual Development Theory  
    Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Theory of Development  
    Jean Piaget's Cognitive Theory of Development  
    Lawrence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development  
    Stages of Development (prenatal to adulthood) intro  Prenatal Development  Newborns  
    Psychosocial Development: Attachment  Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation Test for Attachment  Parenting Styles  
    Adolescence   
    Emerging Adulthood  
    Adulthood  
    Death and Dying 
    Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's 5 Stages of Grief  
    Cultural Influences in death related practices 
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    1 hr 44 min
  • PSYC 100 - Ch 8 “Memory Theories”
    This lecture covers some foundation concepts related to memory, typically found in an Introduction to Psychology class. Topics include basic terminology of memory, three stage memory model, ways we forget, or feel we forget information, concluding with study tips that take advantage of memory theories to improve academic performance. Pretty handy, eh?  
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    1 hr 1 min
  • PSYC 100 - Ch 6 “Learning Theories”
    In this lecture I cover some of the major Learning theories for an Intro to Psychology class, such as Classical Conditioning (Ivan Pavlov & John B. Watson), Operant conditioning (BF Skinner), and Social Learning theory/Observational Learning (Albert Bandura).  
    Video Lecture with Captions and Time Stamps
    Content Index: 
    Unlearned behaviors (instincts/reflexes) 
    Basic definition of learning, associative learning 
    Classical Conditioning 
    Specific Classical Conditioning example with dogs 
    Higher Order Conditioning 
    General processes in Classical Conditioning 
    Stimulus Generalization and Discrimination 
    John B. Watson 
    Little Albert Experiment 
    Operant Conditioning 
    Basic differences between Classical and Operant Conditioning 
    Skinner Box 
    Types of Reinforcement 
    Types of Punishment 
    Shaping Behavior 
    Primary v Secondary Reinforcers 
    Reinforcement Schedules 
    Partial Reinforcement Scales 
    Observational Learning 
    Social Learning Theory 
    Albert Bandura's Bobo Doll Study
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    1 hr 19 min
  • PSYC 100 - Ch 4 "States of Consciousness"
    A long form lecture based on the Consciousness chapter of an Introduction to Psychology course. Subjects covered includes the purpose of sleep, sleep deprivation, sleep disorders, substance use disorders, and classes of drugs. 
    Video Lecture with Captions and time stamps
    Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e
    Content Index:
    Defining Consciousness 
    Biological Rhythms (Circadian) 
    melatonin  
    Jet lag (sleep disturbances) 
    Shift work 
    Sleep deprivation 
    Sleep needs chart by age 
    Defining sleep (yeah there is a definition!)- Functions and benefits 
    Insomnia 
    Parasomnias 
    Sleep apnea 
    Narcolepsy 
    Substance Use Disorders 
    Categories of Drugs
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    50 min
  • PSYC 100 - Ch 2 “Psychological Research” Part 2
    This episode focuses on the research methodology used in psychology, and a walk through of the experimental method, with a splash of ethics. This was the audio portion of a narrated PowerPoint video based on the psychology 2e textbook from openstax.org.  
    Video Lecture with Captions and Time Stamps
    Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e
    Content Index: 
    Experiments and causality 
    Designing an experiment 
    Blind, double blind, placebo 
    Independent and Dependent Variables 
    Selecting participants 
    Random Assignment 
    ethics 
    Interpreting Results 
    Reliability and Validity 
    Ethics
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    54 min
  • PSYC 100 - Ch 2 "Psychological Research" Part 1
    This episode focuses on the research methodology used in psychology, and a walk through of several descriptive methods. This was the audio portion of a narrated PowerPoint video based on the psychology 2e textbook from openstax.org. 
    Video Lecture with Captions and Time Stamps
    Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e 
    Content Index: 
    Why is research important? 
    Thinking critically/scientifically 
    Inductive v. deductive reasoning 
    Scientific Method, theory v. hypothesis 
    Approaches to research 
    case studies 
    observation 
    Surveys 
    archival research 
    longitudinal and cross sectional research 
    correlational research 
    correlation does not mean causation 
    Illusory Correlation & confirmation bias
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    48 min
  • PSYC 100 - Ch 1 “Intro to Psychology” Part 2

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    This is the second half lecture of Ch 1 based on the Psychology 2e text book by openstax.org. This lecture was the audio taken from a narrated PowerPoint video. 

    Video Lecture with Captions and Time Stamps

    Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e

    Content Index:

    • Contemporary fields of psychology overview 
    • Biopsychology (Neuropsychology) 
    • Sensation and Perception 
    • Developmental Psychology (lifespan) 
    • Personality Psychology 
    • Social Psychology 
    • Health Psychology 
    • Clinical Psychology 
    • Other fields in Psychology 
    • Careers in Psychology

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    35 min

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