This textbook presents core concepts common to introductory social psychology courses. The 8 units include 27 modules covering key social psych topics such as research methods, group processes, social influence, and relationships. This book can be modified: feel free to add or remove modules to better suit your specific needs. The book includes a comprehensive instructor's manual, PowerPoint presentations, a test bank, reading anticipation guides, and adaptive student quizzes.

Trauma Informed Behaviour Support: A Practical Guide to Developing Resilient Learners guides educators working with primary school aged children to understand trauma as well as its impact on young children's brains, behaviour, learning, and development. The book provides a novel framework of practice – drawing on contemporary theories of developmental trauma and evidence-based practices of positive behaviour support. Practical strategies and tools are offered for educators to use to create strength-based environments that support children's recovery, resiliency and learning. Educators are introduced to the systemic impacts of traumatic stress and are provided with trauma-informed practices that they can use to support workforce development that enhance the quality of pedagogical practices, while promoting the safety and care of the school community.

A brief introduction to the psychological concepts central to the constructs of attitudes and persuasion in social situations. Duration: 2:25.

An introduction to biological approaches to understanding the psychological construct of personality: Duration: 0:53.

For the first time ever, we have five generations in the workplace at the same time, says entrepreneur Chip Conley. What would happen if we got intentional about how we all work together? In this accessible talk, Conley shows how age diversity makes companies stronger and calls for different generations to mentor each other at work, with wisdom flowing from old to young and young to old alike. Duration: 12:13.

This video introduces important phenomena observed in social situations: conformity, compliance, and obedience. Duration: 2:37.

So, how many different kinds of intelligence are there? And what is the G-Factor? Eugenics? Have you ever taken an IQ Test? All of these things play into the fascinating and sometimes icky history of Intelligence Testing. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks us through some of the important aspects of that history... as well as Nazis. Hey, I said some of it was icky.

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Table of Contents

Defining Intelligence 00:00:00
Types of Intelligence 01:22:09
G-Factor 01:37:05
Sherlock Holmes 04:44:12
Intelligence Testing 02:26:23
IQ Scores 08:00:21
Eugenics 07:47:05
Intelligence Controversy 09:05:17

Duration: 12:38.

A brief introduction to the role of culture in understanding the psychological concept of personality. Duration: 1:50.

Dan Gilbert, author of "Stumbling on Happiness," challenges the idea that we'll be miserable if we don't get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don't go as planned.

Do we really have free will? Today Hank explores possible answers to that question, explaining theories like libertarian free will and it’s counterpoint, hard determinism. One of the most common questions in psychology, stemming from philosophy. Duration: 10:25.

A brief introduction to the psychological construct of emotion. Topics include physiological arousal, psychological appraisal, and subjective experiences, James-Lange theory, Cannon-Bard theory, Schacter-Singer 2 Factory theory, brain areas involved, cultural display rules, emotional expressions. Duration: 2:50

An introduction to Sigmund Freud and his psychodynamic system applied to personality. Topics include consciousness, unconsciousness, id, ego, superego, conflict, defense mechanisms, psychosexual stages, Duration: 4:59.

A short but effective explanation of the fundamental attribution error, a tendency to attribute others' behavior to individual characteristics instead of situational factors. Duration: 5:22.

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 how the psychological schools of learning conceptualize the construct of personality. Duration: 2:07.

Sex is complicated for different reasons in different cultures. But, it's the entire purpose of life, so there's no reason to blush. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about Kinsey, Masters and Johnson, Sexuality, Gender Identity, Hormones, and even looks into the idea of why we have sex. There's a lot to go through here.

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Table of Contents:

Alfred Kinsey & Sex Surveys 0:00
Biological Sex & Gender Identity 2:01
Masters & Johnson 3:07
Sex Hormones 5:31
Physiological & Social Factors of Sex 7:11
Sexual Orientation 8:51
Why We Have Sex 10:17

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.