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Unit 0: Research Methods and Data Interpretation
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The Scientific Attitude, Critical Thinking, and Developing Arguments
The Need for Psychological Science
The Scientific Method and Description
Correlation and Experimentation
Research Design and Ethics in Psychology
Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
Unit 1: Biological Bases of Behavior
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Interaction of Heredity and Environment
Overview of the Nervous System
The Neuron and Neural Firing: Neural Communication and the Endocrine System
The Neuron and Neural Firing: Substance Use Disorders and Psychoactive Drugs
The Brain: Neuroplasticity and Tools of Discovery
The Brain: Brain Regions and Structures
The Brain: Damage Response and Brain Hemispheres
Sleep: Consciousness
Sleep: Sleep Stages and Theories
Sleep: Sleep Loss, Sleep Disorders, and Dreams
Sensation: Basic Concepts
Sensation: Vision
Sensation: Hearing
Sensation: Skin, Chemical, and Body Senses and Sensory Interaction
Unit 2: Cognition
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Perception: Influences on Perception
Perception: Perceptual Organization and Interpretation
Thinking, Problem-Solving, Judgments, and Decision-Making: Concepts and Creativity
Thinking, Problem-Solving, Judgments, and Decision-Making: Solving Problems and Making Decisions
Introduction to Memory
Encoding Memories
Storing Memories
Retrieving Memories
Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges
Intelligence and Achievement: Theories of Intelligence
Intelligence and Achievement: Assessing Intelligence
Intelligence and Achievement: Stability of, and Influences on, Intelligence
Intelligence and Achievement: Group Differences and the Question of Bias
Unit 3: Development and Learning
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Themes and Methods in Developmental Psychology
Physical Development Across the Lifespan: Prenatal Development, Infancy, and Childhood
Physical Development Across the Lifespan: Adolescence and Adulthood
Gender and Sexual Orientation: Gender Development
Gender and Sexual Orientation: The Biology and Psychology of Sex
Gender and Sexual Orientation: Sexual Orientation
Cognitive Development Across the Life Span
Communication and Language Development
Social-Emotional Development Across the Life Span: Infancy and Childhood
Social-Emotional Development Across the Life Span: Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood, and Adulthood
Classical Conditioning: Basic Concepts
Classical Conditioning: Applications and Biological Limits
Operant Conditioning: Basic Concepts
Operant Conditioning: Applications, Biological Limits, and Contrasts with Classical Conditioning
Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in Learning
Unit 4: Social Psychology and Personality
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Attribution Theory and Person Perception
Attitude Formation and Attitude Change
Psychology of Social Situations: Conformity and Obedience
Psychology of Social Situations: Group Behavior
Psychology of Social Situations: Aggression
Psychology of Social Situations: Attraction
Psychology of Social Situations: Altruism, Conflict, and Peacemaking
Introduction to Personality
Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Theories of Personality: Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Theories
Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Theories of Personality: Humanistic Theories
Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality: Trait Theories
Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality: Social-Cognitive Theories
Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality: Exploring the Self
Motivation: Motivational Concepts
Motivation: Affiliation and Achievement
Motivation: Hunger Motivation
Emotion: Theories and Physiology of Emotion
Emotion: Expressing and Experiencing Emotion
Unit 5: Mental and Physical Health
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Introduction to Health Psychology: Stress and Illness
Introduction to Health Psychology: Coping With Stress
Positive Psychology: Positive Emotions and Positive Traits
Positive Psychology: Enhancing Well-Being
Explaining and Classifying Psychological Disorders
Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders: Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders: Dissociative Disorders, Personality Disorders, Feeding and Eating Disorders, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Introduction to Therapy, and Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapies
Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Behavior, Cognitive, and Group Therapies
Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Evaluating Psychotherapies
Treatment of Psychological Disorders: The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders