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25/09/2019

[S1E5] What Is It Like To Be A Baby: The Development Of Thought (OpenYale Psych Lecture 5)

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...

49 min
25/09/2019

[S1E4] Foundations: Skinner (OpenYale Intro to Psychology, Lecture 4)

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.

59 min
25/09/2019

[S1E3] Foundations: Freud (OpenYale Intro to Psychology, Lecture 3)

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.

56 min
25/09/2019

[S1E2] Foundations: This is Your Brain (OpenYale Intro to Psychology, Lecture 2)

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.

53 min
24/09/2019

[S1E1] Introduction (OpenYale Intro to Psychology, Lecture 1)

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.

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