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Principals of Psychology
Dr. Tonya Holdaway
1. Tips for Success with Principles of Psychology Class and Content
2. Why Science?
3. Thinking like a Psychological Scientist
4. History of Psychology
5. Statistical Thinking
6. Conducting Psychology Research in the Real World
7. Research Designs
8. Epigenetics in Psychology
9. Evolutionary Theories in Psychology
10. The Nature-Nurture Question
11. Factors Influencing Learning
12. Knowledge Emotions: Feelings that Foster Learning, Exploring, and Reflecting
13. Conditioning and Learning
14. Neurons
15. Hormones and Behavior
16. Psychopharmacology
17. Psychophysiological Methods in Neuroscience
18. The Brain
19. The Nervous System
20. Sensation and Perception
21. Hearing
22. Touch and Pain
23. Seeing
24. Multi-Modal Perception
25. Consciousness
26. States of Consciousness
27. Attention
28. Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Perception
29. Memories as Types and Stages
30. Failures of Awareness: The Case of Inattentional Blindness
31. Forgetting and Amnesia
32. Memory (Encoding, Storage, Retrieval)
33. Eyewitness Testimony and Memory Biases
34. Language and Language Use
35. Theory of Mind
36. Categories and Concepts
37. Cognitive Development in Childhood
38. Autism: Insights from the Study of the Social Brain
39. Social and Personality Development in Childhood
40. Functions of Emotions
41. Attachment Through the Life Course
42. Adolescent Development By Jennifer Lansford
43. Emerging Adulthood
44. Aging
45. Intelligence
46. Intellectual Abilities, Interests, and Mastery
47. Judgment and Decision Making
48. Drive States
49. Affective Neuroscience
50. Emotion Experience and Well-Being
51. Navigating Principles of Psychology
52. The Healthy Life
53. Happiness: The Science of Subjective Well-Being
54. History of Mental Illness
55. Anxiety and Related Disorders
56. Depressive Disorders & Bipolar and Related Disorders
57. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
58. Personality Disorders
59. Psychopathy
60. Therapeutic Orientations
61. Personality Traits
62. Personality, Stability, and Change
63. Personality Assessment
64. Defining Social Psychology
65. Exploring Attitudes and Changing Attitudes Through Persuasion
66. The Psychology of Groups
67. Prejudice, Discrimination, and Stereotyping
68. Self and Identity
69. Relationships and Well-being
70. Culture
71. Gender
ADAPTED BY DR. TONYA HOLDAWAY
FOR THE STUDENTS OF NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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