Exploring the Mind: Psychology Foundations and Insights
Unlock the Secrets of the Mind: Dive Deep into Psychology and Explore Human Behavior, Emotions, Language, and Happiness with Yale's Expert-Led Course!
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What you'll learn
Understand the foundational theories in psychology, including Freud and Skinner's contributions.
Explore the development of thought and language from infancy to adulthood.
Analyze the interactions between evolution, emotion, and rationality in human behavior.
Evaluate the concepts of mental illness and its impact on individual and societal well-being.
This course includes
18.5 hours of video
Certificate of completion
Access on mobile and TV
Course content
1 modules
• 20 lessons
• 18.5 hours of video
Exploring the Mind: Psychology Foundations and Insights
20 lessons
• 18.5 hours
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1. Introduction29:37
2. Foundations: This Is Your Brain53:18
3. Foundations: Freud56:30
4. Foundations: Skinner58:47
5. What Is It Like to Be a Baby: The Development of Thought48:58
6. How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth56:30
7. Conscious of the Present; Conscious of the Past: Language59:43
8. Conscious of the Present; Conscious of the Past:59:43
9. Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Love (Guest Lecture by01:09:33
10. Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Evolution and Rationality59:49
11. Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Emotions, Part I53:15
12. Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Emotions, Part II56:06
13. Why Are People Different?: Differences01:05:49
14. What Motivates Us: Sex52:47
15. A Person in the World of People: Morality01:01:17
16. A Person in the World of People: Self and Other, Part I58:15
17. A Person in the World of People: Self and Other, Part II;01:04:53
18. What Happens When Things Go Wrong: Mental Illness, Part I54:26
19. What Happens When Things Go Wrong: Mental Illness, Part II56:47
