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Introduction to Psychology
PSY 101

On-Line Textbook: What is Psychological Science?
by Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D.


Readings & Quizzes



Readings & Quizzes


What is Psychological Science?
by Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D.
© 2009

Section 1: Psychological Science & Theory Development

Section 2: Altered States: Sleeping & Dreaming

Section 3: Studying the Nervous System

Section 4: The Structures and Functions of the Brain

Section 5: Associative Learning

Section 6: Remembering and Forgetting

Section 7: Social Psychology NOT READY


Section 1
Psychological Science & Theory Development

Reading Topics

Readings

Practice Quizzes

What is Psychology?
Section 1-1
What is Science? Section 1-2
What is the Confirmation Bias?
Section 1-3
What is a Theory?
Section 1-4
What is a Good Scientific Theory?
Section 1-5
What is a Cause? Section 1-6

Section 2
Altered States: Sleeping & Dreaming

Reading Topics

Readings

Practice Quizzes

What Is Consciousness?
Section 2-1
What is an Altered State of Consciousness?
Section 2-2
What Are Subjective Definitions?
Section 2-3
What Are Objective Definitions?
Section 2-4
What Is the Brain-Mind Theory?
Section 2-5
What Is Sleep?
Section 2-6
What Are Means & Variances?
Section 2-7
What Are Sleep Stages?
Section 2-8
What Changes In Sleep Occur Over Time?
Section 2-9
What Causes Sleep?
Section 2-10
What Is Dreaming?
Section 2-11
What Causes REM Sleep?
Section 2-12

Section 3
Studying the Nervous System

Reading Topics

Readings

Practice Quizzes

What is the Relation Between Mind & Body?
Section 3-1
What is the Nervous System?
Section 3-2
What Are Case Studies?
Section 3-3
What Are Correlational Studies?
Section 3-4
What Are Extraneous Variables?
Section 3-5
What Are Experimental Studies (Part 1)? Section 3-6
What Are Experimental Studies (Part 2)?
Section 3-7
How Do We Study the Brain?
Section 3-8

Section 4
The Structures and Functions of the Brain

Reading Topics

Readings

Practice Quizzes

What Does the Brain Stem Do?
Section 4-1
What Does the Limbic System Do? Section 4-2
What Does the Cerebral Cortex Do? Section 4-3
What Do the Occipital Lobes Do? Section 4-4
What Do the Parietal Lobes Do? Section 4-5
What Do the Temporal Lobes Do? Section 4-6
What Do the Frontal Lobes Do? Section 4-7
What is Working Memory? Section 4-8
What is Brain Plasticity? Section 4-9
What Does the Corpus Callosum Do? Section 4-10
Who Is Split-Brain Surgery? Section 4-11
What Do Neurons Do? Section 4-12

Section 5
Associative Learning

Reading Topics

Readings

Practice Quizzes

How Might We Learn Abnormal Behaviors?
Section 5-1
What is Experimental Psychology?
Section 5-2
What is Introspection?
Section 5-3
Why Did Behaviorists Reject Mental Causes?
Section 5-4
Why Did Behaviorists Reject Biological Causes?
Section 5-5
Why Did Behaviorists Reject Free Will? Section 5-6
What is Classical Conditioning? Section 5-7
Can Classical Conditioning Cause Phobias? Section 5-8
What Happened to Little Albert? Section 5-9
How Can Phobias Be Unlearned?
Section 5-10
What is Stimulus Generalization & Discrimination?
Section 5-11
What is Biological Preparedness?
Section 5-12
What is Instrumental Learning?
Section 5-13
What is Operant Conditioning?
Section 5-14
What is Reinforcement and Punishment?
Section 5-15
How Might Mental Disorders Be Conditioned?
Section 5-16

Section 6
Remembering and Forgetting

Reading Topics

Readings

Practice Quizzes

What Happened to Behaviorism?
Section 6-1
What is the Cognitive Approach?
Section 6-2
How Do Psychologists Study Memory?
Section 6-3
How Are Memories Formed and Retrieved?
Section 6-4
What is the Standard Model of Memory? Section 6-5
What is Sensory Memory? Section 6-6
What is Short-term Memory? Section 6-7
What is Working Memory? Section 6-8
What is Elaborative Rehearsal? Section 6-9
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Section 7
Social Psychology

Reading Topics

Readings

Practice Quizzes

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Section 7-1
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Section 7-2
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Section 7-3
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Section 7-4
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Section 7-5

 


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