The way memory functions is described in 3 ways: encoding, storage, and retrieval. Important concepts related to memory duration (e.g., short-term, working, and long-term memory) and memory types (e.g., explicit and implicit) are included. Duration: 3:03.
A discussion of how to enhance memory. Techniques include rehearsal, chunking, elaborative rehearsal, pneumonic devices, saying words out loud. Video concludes with advice on how to use memory enhancement techniques to studying for class. Duration: 2:53.
An introduction to genetics and how genes contribute to psychological characteristics and functioning. Duration: 5:01.
A brief introduction to humanistic psychologists' approaches to understanding the construct of personality. Duration: 1:14.
A brief description of the psychological drive to eat (i.e., hunger). Topics include physiological factors, metabolism, set-point theory, obesity, and eating disorders. Duration: 1:48.
An introduction to language and terminology, including lexicon, grammar, phoneme, morpheme, semantics, syntax. Also discusses stages of language development and the theory of linguistic determinism. Duration: 3:02.
A brief description of how the psychological schools of learning conceptualize the construct of personality. Duration: 2:07.
Very brief overview of lifespan developmental years, including information on each of Erik Erikson's stages of development, Piaget's theory of development, and Kohler's stages of moral development. Duration: 4:15.
Very brief introduction to various measures and the history of measuring intelligence. Topics include IQ (intelligence quotient), Alfred Binet, Lewis Terman, norming data, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), normal distribution, importance in schools and courts. Duration: 2:58
A brief summary of the history of mental health treatment and how it has evolved over time to what it is in the present. Duration: 2:45.
A short introduction to characteristics of mood disorders in general with brief descriptions of major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder and theories about their causes.
Duration: 4:05.
A very brief into the psychological construct of motivation. Topics include extrinsic/intrinsic motivation, theories (instinct, drive reduction, arousal), self-efficacy, social motives, and the hierarchy of needs. Duration: 2:52.
This video introduces the topics of interest to Neo-Freudians who believed in Freud's teachings, but that they relied less on sex: Alfred Adler, Erik Erikson, Karen Horney, and Carl Jung. Duration : 1:41.
An introduction to obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding disorder. Duration: 1:44.
Several examples of variants of operant conditioning.
Duration: 4:20
Discusses definitions, uses, and psychological explanations for other states of consciousness not induced by drugs or sleep, including hypnosis and meditation. Duration: 1:45.
Where is memory located in the brain? A discussion of theory of memory and specific areas of the brain and their role in memory: amygdala, hippocampus, cerebellum, prefrontal cortex. Duration: 2:30
A brief introduction to methods of evaluating one's personality. Duration: 1:39.
A very brief introduction to personality disorders, including definition and classification. Duration: 3:33
A brief introduction to the main perspectives on psychological disorders: biological, genetic, and environmental. Duration: 1:16.