16
Modules
108
Sujets
6-10
hours
Modules (16)
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section one - biology and behaviour
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Module 1
Classical conditioning
Resources availableClassical conditioning This course covers classical conditioning, also known as respondent or Pavlovian conditioning. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Classical (respondent or Pavlovian) conditioning
Démarrez TopicEthical issues in conditioning human behaviour
Démarrez TopicKey terms in classical conditioning
Démarrez TopicThe main elements in classical conditioning
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Module 2
Operant conditioning
Resources availableOperant conditioning This course covers topics in operant conditioning such as learning, punishment, and operant conditioning in practice. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Operant (instrumental) conditioning
Démarrez TopicLearning: schedules of reinforcement
Démarrez TopicPunishment (including negative effects of punishment) and ways to maximise effectiveness
Démarrez TopicElements in operant conditioning
Démarrez TopicOperant conditioning in practice
Démarrez TopicComparison of classical conditioning and operant conditioning
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Module 3
Learning theory
Resources availableLearning theory This course covers empirical research in psychology and how to write references from journals, books, the Internet, and CD-ROMS. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Introduction to learning theory
Démarrez TopicLearning by insight
Démarrez TopicLearning set
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Module 4
States of consciousness
Resources availableStates of consciousness This course covers topics related to states of consciousness such as waking consciousness, sleep, dreams, and sleep deprivation. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Altered States of Consciousness: Measurement of Physiological Responses
Démarrez TopicAltered States of Consciousness: Measurement of Heart Rate
Démarrez TopicThe ways to study sleep
Démarrez TopicAs sleep progresses
Démarrez TopicCharacteristics and patterns of stages of sleep
Démarrez TopicStages of sleep one to four
Démarrez TopicEffects of sleep deprivation
Démarrez TopicSleep disorders
Démarrez TopicTypes of dreams
Démarrez TopicStates of consciousness
Démarrez TopicDefinition of consciousness
Démarrez TopicStreams of consciousness
Démarrez TopicCharacteristics of normal waking consciousness
Démarrez TopicHigh level and lower level awareness
Démarrez TopicControlled Processes
Démarrez TopicAutomatic Processes
Démarrez TopicDaydreaming
Démarrez TopicCommon characteristics of altered states of consciousness
Démarrez TopicDisturbed time sense
Démarrez TopicDescription of pain
Démarrez TopicPurpose of sleep
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Module 5
The biological basis for behaviour
Resources availableThe biological basis for behaviour This course covers topics related to anatomy and function of the nervous system such as the cerebral hemispheres, the spinal cord, somatic and automatic nervous systems, and the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Biological bases of behaviour
Démarrez TopicThe structure of the cerebral cortex
Démarrez TopicCerebral hemispheres: corpus callosum
Démarrez TopicCerebral hemispheres: the functions of the four lobes
Démarrez TopicCerebral hemispheres: parietal lobe
Démarrez TopicCerebral hemispheres: occipital lobe
Démarrez TopicTemporal Lobe
Démarrez TopicHemispheric specialisation - 1
Démarrez TopicHemispheric specialisation - 2
Démarrez TopicFunctions of the spinal cord
Démarrez TopicDistinction between sensory and motor neuron activity
Démarrez TopicSomatic and automatic nervous system
Démarrez TopicSympathetic and parasympathetic divisions
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Module 6
Stress
Resources availableStress This course covers physiological and psychological affects of prolonged exposure to arousal states such as stress. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Physiological and psychological effects of prolonged or intense arousal
Démarrez TopicThe relationship between stress and disease
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section two - memory and cognition
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Module 7
Visual perception
Resources availableVisual perception This course covers topics in visual perception such as how light is focused on the retina, factors that affect visual perception, depth perception, and monocular and binocular depth perception. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Visual perception
Démarrez TopicThe Way in Which Light is Detected and Focused on the Retina
Démarrez TopicRods
Démarrez TopicPsychological factors
Démarrez TopicFactors that affect visual perception
Démarrez TopicGestalt Principles
Démarrez TopicDepth perception
Démarrez TopicBinocular depth cue
Démarrez TopicMonocular depth cues
Démarrez TopicVisual constancies
Démarrez TopicAlcohol
Démarrez TopicOld age
Démarrez TopicOld age continued
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Module 8
Visual Illusions
Resources availableVisual Illusions This course covers topics related to visual illusion such as the Muller-Lyer illusion, the Moon illusion, and the Ames room. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Fallibility of perception as demonstrated by visual illusions
Démarrez TopicMuller-Lyer illusion
Démarrez TopicAmes-room
Démarrez TopicPonzo
Démarrez TopicMoon illusion
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Module 9
Enhancing retrieval and memory
Resources availableEnhancing retrieval and memory This course covers topics associated with memory such as mnemonics, acronyms, acrostics, narrative chaining, and the peg word method. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Mnemonic devices which use imagery, rehearsal or association
Démarrez TopicMemory: method of loci
Démarrez TopicMemory: peg word method
Démarrez TopicMemory: narrative chaining
Démarrez TopicMemory: acrostics
Démarrez TopicMemory: acronyms
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Module 10
Memory
Resources availableMemory This course covers aspects of memory such as encoding, storage, and retrieval, and how to measure retention. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Memory
Démarrez TopicMemory: encoding, storage and retrieval
Démarrez TopicMeasures of retention: recall, recognition, relearning
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Module 11
Memory revision crossword
Resources availableMemory revision crossword This course is an interactive game to revise the topic of memory . The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Memory and rhymes
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Module 12
Sensory, short term and long term memory
Resources availableSensory, short term and long term memory This course covers topics in memory such as sensory, short-term and long-term memory, the semantic netwrok theory, the serial position effect, and maintenance and elaborative rehearsal. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.The relationship between and properties of sensory memory, short-term memory and long term memory
Démarrez TopicMemory: maintenance and elaborative rehearsal
Démarrez TopicMemory: the semantic network theory
Démarrez TopicMemory: the serial position effect
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Module 13
Theories on forgetting
Resources availableTheories on forgetting This course covers topics associated with forgetting such as Ebbinghaus and the Forgetting curve, amnesia and Alzheimer's disease. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Memory: Ebbinghaus and the forgetting curve
Démarrez TopicOrganic causes of forgetting
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section three - research methodology
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Module 14
Research methods in Psychology
Resources availableResearch methods in Psychology This course covers topics associated with research methods such as participant selection and allocation, the placebo effect, controlof extraneous variables, hyoptheses, inferring from data, correlation, and consent procedures. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.Research methods in Psychology
Démarrez TopicParticipant selection: random and stratified sampling
Démarrez TopicParticipation allocation: control and experimental groups
Démarrez TopicPlacebo effect and experimenter effect: single-blind and double-blind procedure
Démarrez TopicWays to minimise the effects of extraneous variables; a brief overview of three experimental designs
Démarrez TopicDefinition of operational hypothesis
Démarrez TopicInferring from data; meaning of statistical significance; interpretation of p values
Démarrez TopicResearch methods in psychology: appropriateness of conclusions and generalisations based on results obtained
Démarrez TopicMeasures of relationship: correlation and strength of correlation
Démarrez TopicResearch methods in psychology: scatter diagram
Démarrez TopicPositive correlation
Démarrez TopicNegative correlation
Démarrez TopicPatricipants' rights
Démarrez TopicPsychology and informed consent procedures
Démarrez TopicPsychology and debriefing
Démarrez TopicResearch methods in psychology: professional conduct
Démarrez TopicAn overview of ethical considerations
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Module 15
Empirical research
Resources availableEmpirical research This course covers empirical research in psychology and how to write references from journals, books, the Internet, and CD-ROMS. The Contents tab displays all the lessons and topics of the course. Each time you click the Contents tab, you will come to this page. A green tick indicates those lessons and topics you have completed, so you can easily see your progress.A guide to writing each section of an empirical research activity
Démarrez TopicReferences
Démarrez TopicReferences obtained from secondary sources
Démarrez TopicReferencing books
Démarrez TopicReferencing journals
Démarrez TopicReferencing internet web sites
Démarrez TopicReferencing CD-ROMs
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end of course assessment
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Assessment
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