“Introduction to Psychology” is a comprehensive introduction to Psychology and self-paced online course that combines the real world immediacy and intimacy of professionally-produced video with the free, open-source, peer-reviewed textbook “Psychology” from OpenStax College. Noted academicians and researchers – including Noam Chomsky, Paul Ekman, Elizabeth Loftus, Michael Rugg, David Myers and others – offer an engaging and thorough treatment of Psychology that goes beyond key concepts and principles to provide learners an up-to-date look at the evolving field of psychological science.
Areas of exploration include:
•How Psychologists Conduct Research
•Neuroscience and Behavior
•Genetic and Environmental Influences on Behavior
•Sensing and Interpreting Sensory Messages
•States of Consciousness
•Learning
•Memory
•Thinking and Language
•Intelligence
•Motivation and Work
•Emotion
•Stress and Health
•Personality
•Psychological Disorders
•Therapy
•Social Psychology
•Developmental Psychology
The course includes more than 150 topic-specific video segments – each approximately three to five minutes in duration – that incorporate expert interviews, computer graphics and animation, and real-life case studies that tell the story of psychology from a human perspective.
Introduction to Psychology can be adopted “as is” for use as a complete online course in introductory Psychology, as a quality textbook replacement for existing courses, or as a media-rich resource for homework and test preparation (e.g. CLEP Exam).
