Course Two · The Complete Micro-Course

Psychology, twenty seconds
at a time.

The entire introductory psychology canon, rebuilt as 691 numbered videos — each one a single idea, each idea checked against the original studies and standard texts and its source published. Start at the beginning, or start anywhere and follow the numbers back.

691 lessons · 653 atoms · 16 procedures · 22 capstones691 of 691 live

How the course works

Every idea has a number. Every number knows what comes before it.

Most students don’t fail psychology — they fall behind it, one missed prerequisite at a time, until the disorders unit assumes a memory model you never quite locked down. This course is built so the way back is always visible. When something doesn’t click, you don’t rewatch a lecture. You follow the number back.

Three kinds of video: atoms (one definition, mechanism, or finding, about twenty seconds), procedures (one method or technique, shown step by step), and capstones (one worked synthesis that combines what came before). Every claim is checked against the standard text (OpenStax Psychology 2e) and, where a finding has one, its original study — and the full source list is published for anyone to inspect.

The whole map

All 691 videos, in order.

New videos post daily until the course is complete. Live ones link straight to the short; the rest are on their way.

Unit 1

Psychology as a Science & Research Methods

0001 What Psychology Studies Atom ▶ Watch 0003 Behavior and Mental Process Atom ▶ Watch 0005 Empiricism Atom ▶ Watch 0007 Introspection and Its Limits Atom ▶ Watch 0009 Structuralism Atom ▶ Watch 0011 Functionalism Atom ▶ Watch 0013 Psychoanalytic Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0015 Behaviorism Atom ▶ Watch 0017 Humanism Atom ▶ Watch 0019 The Cognitive Revolution Atom ▶ Watch 0021 The Biological Perspective Atom ▶ Watch 0023 The Evolutionary Perspective Atom ▶ Watch 0025 The Sociocultural Perspective Atom ▶ Watch 0027 The Biopsychosocial Model Atom ▶ Watch 0029 Levels of Analysis Atom ▶ Watch 0031 Basic and Applied Research Atom ▶ Watch 0033 Psychologist and Psychiatrist Atom ▶ Watch 0035 Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0037 Hypothesis Atom ▶ Watch 0039 Falsifiability Atom ▶ Watch 0040 The Unfalsifiable Claim Atom ▶ Watch 0042 Unfalsifiable Is Not False Atom ▶ Watch 0044 Operational Definition Atom ▶ Watch 0045 The Underspecified Variable Atom ▶ Watch 0047 The Scientific Method in Psychology Procedure ▶ Watch 0049 Population and Sample Atom ▶ Watch 0051 Random Sampling Atom ▶ Watch 0052 Sampling Bias Atom ▶ Watch 0054 The Case Study Atom ▶ Watch 0056 Naturalistic Observation Atom ▶ Watch 0057 Observer Bias Atom ▶ Watch 0058 Blind Coding Atom ▶ Watch 0060 Survey Research Atom ▶ Watch 0061 Self-Report Bias Atom ▶ Watch 0063 Correlation Atom ▶ Watch 0064 The Correlation–Causation Error Atom ▶ Watch 0065 Why Correlational Data Stays Correlational Atom ▶ Watch 0067 The Correlation Coefficient Atom ▶ Watch 0069 Reading a Correlation Coefficient Atom ▶ Watch 0070 Reading a Weak Positive Coefficient Atom ▶ Watch 0072 Reading a Strong Negative Coefficient Atom ▶ Watch 0074 Reading a Near-Zero Coefficient Atom ▶ Watch 0076 The Third-Variable Problem Atom ▶ Watch 0078 Illusory Correlation Atom ▶ Watch 0080 Confirmation Bias Atom ▶ Watch 0081 Correcting for Confirmation Bias Atom ▶ Watch 0083 Hindsight Bias Atom ▶ Watch 0085 The Experiment Atom ▶ Watch 0087 Independent and Dependent Variables Atom ▶ Watch 0089 Random Assignment Atom ▶ Watch 0090 Assignment Is Not Sampling Atom ▶ Watch 0092 Confounding Variable Atom ▶ Watch 0093 What a Confound Costs Atom ▶ Watch 0095 Experimental and Control Groups Atom ▶ Watch 0097 The Placebo Effect Atom ▶ Watch 0099 Single-Blind and Double-Blind Designs Atom ▶ Watch 0101 Designing an Experiment Procedure ▶ Watch 0103 Statistical Significance Atom ▶ Watch 0104 Misreading Statistical Significance Atom ▶ Watch 0106 Informed Consent Atom ▶ Watch 0108 Deception and Debriefing Atom ▶ Watch 0110 The Institutional Review Board Atom ▶ Watch 0112 Ethics in Animal Research Atom ▶ Watch 0114 Replication Atom ▶ Watch 0116 Auditing a Health Headline Capstone ▶ Watch
Unit 2

Biopsychology

0141 The Neuron Atom ▶ Watch 0143 Dendrites and the Cell Body Atom ▶ Watch 0145 The Axon and Terminal Buttons Atom ▶ Watch 0147 The Myelin Sheath Atom ▶ Watch 0149 Glial Cells Atom ▶ Watch 0151 The Resting Potential Atom ▶ Watch 0153 The Threshold of Excitation Atom ▶ Watch 0155 The Action Potential Atom ▶ Watch 0157 The All-or-None Law Atom ▶ Watch 0158 The "Stronger Signal, Bigger Spike" Error Atom ▶ Watch 0159 Rate and Population Coding Atom ▶ Watch 0161 The Synapse Atom ▶ Watch 0163 Neurotransmitters Atom ▶ Watch 0165 Receptor Specificity Atom ▶ Watch 0167 Reuptake Atom ▶ Watch 0169 Agonists Atom ▶ Watch 0170 Antagonists Atom ▶ Watch 0172 Tracing a Signal Across the Synapse Procedure ▶ Watch 0174 Acetylcholine Atom ▶ Watch 0176 Dopamine Atom ▶ Watch 0178 Serotonin Atom ▶ Watch 0180 Norepinephrine Atom ▶ Watch 0182 GABA and Glutamate Atom ▶ Watch 0184 Endorphins Atom ▶ Watch 0186 The Central Nervous System Atom ▶ Watch 0188 The Peripheral Nervous System Atom ▶ Watch 0190 The Somatic Nervous System Atom ▶ Watch 0192 The Autonomic Nervous System Atom ▶ Watch 0194 The Sympathetic Division Atom ▶ Watch 0195 The Parasympathetic Division Atom ▶ Watch 0197 The Spinal Reflex Atom ▶ Watch 0199 The Hindbrain Atom ▶ Watch 0201 The Midbrain Atom ▶ Watch 0203 The Forebrain Atom ▶ Watch 0205 The Thalamus Atom ▶ Watch 0207 The Hypothalamus Atom ▶ Watch 0209 The Hippocampus Atom ▶ Watch 0211 The Amygdala Atom ▶ Watch 0213 The Cerebral Cortex Atom ▶ Watch 0215 The Frontal Lobe Atom ▶ Watch 0217 The Parietal Lobe Atom ▶ Watch 0219 The Occipital Lobe Atom ▶ Watch 0221 The Temporal Lobe Atom ▶ Watch 0223 Broca's Area Atom ▶ Watch 0224 Wernicke's Area Atom ▶ Watch 0226 Locating a Function by Lobe Atom ▶ Watch 0227 Case: The Patient Who Cannot Name Faces Atom ▶ Watch 0229 Case: The Patient Who Speaks Fluent Nonsense Atom ▶ Watch 0231 Case: The Patient Who Cannot Plan a Meal Atom ▶ Watch 0233 Case: The Patient Blind with Healthy Eyes Atom ▶ Watch 0235 Case: The Patient Who Cannot Locate Touch Atom ▶ Watch 0237 Lateralization Atom ▶ Watch 0238 The Left-Brain / Right-Brain Myth Atom ▶ Watch 0240 The Corpus Callosum and Split-Brain Findings Atom ▶ Watch 0242 Neuroplasticity Atom ▶ Watch 0244 The Endocrine System Atom ▶ Watch 0246 The Pituitary Gland Atom ▶ Watch 0248 The Adrenal Glands Atom ▶ Watch 0250 The Thyroid Gland Atom ▶ Watch 0252 Genes and Chromosomes Atom ▶ Watch 0254 Genotype and Phenotype Atom ▶ Watch 0256 Heritability Atom ▶ Watch 0257 Misreading Heritability Atom ▶ Watch 0259 Epigenetics Atom ▶ Watch 0261 Range of Reaction Atom ▶ Watch 0262 What Range of Reaction Cannot Do Atom ▶ Watch 0264 From Gene to Behavior, Traced Capstone ▶ Watch
Unit 3

Consciousness & Sleep

Unit 4

Sensation & Perception

0371 Sensation Atom ▶ Watch 0372 Perception Atom ▶ Watch 0374 Transduction Atom ▶ Watch 0376 Bottom-Up Processing Atom ▶ Watch 0377 Top-Down Processing Atom ▶ Watch 0379 Absolute Threshold Atom ▶ Watch 0381 The Difference Threshold Atom ▶ Watch 0382 The Difference Threshold Is Not Fixed Atom ▶ Watch 0384 Weber's Law Atom ▶ Watch 0385 Where Weber's Law Breaks Down Atom ▶ Watch 0387 Subliminal Stimuli Atom ▶ Watch 0388 The Subliminal Persuasion Myth Atom ▶ Watch 0390 Signal Detection Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0392 Sensory Adaptation Atom ▶ Watch 0394 Amplitude and Wavelength Atom ▶ Watch 0396 The Visible Spectrum Atom ▶ Watch 0398 The Cornea and Lens Atom ▶ Watch 0400 The Retina Atom ▶ Watch 0402 Rods Atom ▶ Watch 0403 Cones Atom ▶ Watch 0405 The Fovea Atom ▶ Watch 0407 The Blind Spot Atom ▶ Watch 0409 The Optic Nerve and Optic Chiasm Atom ▶ Watch 0411 Tracing Light to the Visual Cortex Procedure ▶ Watch 0413 Trichromatic Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0414 Opponent-Process Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0416 Color Blindness Atom ▶ Watch 0418 Binocular Depth Cues Atom ▶ Watch 0419 Monocular Depth Cues Atom ▶ Watch 0421 Frequency and Amplitude in Sound Atom ▶ Watch 0423 The Outer and Middle Ear Atom ▶ Watch 0425 The Cochlea and Basilar Membrane Atom ▶ Watch 0427 Hair Cells Atom ▶ Watch 0429 Tracing Sound to the Auditory Cortex Procedure ▶ Watch 0431 Place Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0432 Temporal Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0434 Conductive Hearing Loss Atom ▶ Watch 0435 Sensorineural Hearing Loss Atom ▶ Watch 0437 Sound Localization Atom ▶ Watch 0439 Taste Atom ▶ Watch 0441 Smell Atom ▶ Watch 0443 The Vestibular Sense Atom ▶ Watch 0445 Proprioception and Kinesthesia Atom ▶ Watch 0447 Pain and Nociception Atom ▶ Watch 0448 Gate Control Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0449 The Gate Is Controlled From Above Atom ▶ Watch 0451 Figure-Ground Atom ▶ Watch 0453 Proximity Atom ▶ Watch 0455 Similarity Atom ▶ Watch 0457 Continuity Atom ▶ Watch 0459 Closure Atom ▶ Watch 0461 Perceptual Constancy Atom ▶ Watch 0463 Perceptual Set Atom ▶ Watch 0465 Identifying Gestalt Principles in an Image Atom ▶ Watch 0466 Grouping in a Logo Atom ▶ Watch 0468 Grouping in a Crowd Photograph Atom ▶ Watch 0470 Grouping in a Page of Text Atom ▶ Watch 0472 Why Two Eyes Beat One Capstone ▶ Watch
Unit 5

Learning

0491 Learning Atom ▶ Watch 0493 Habituation Atom ▶ Watch 0495 Classical Conditioning Atom ▶ Watch 0497 The Unconditioned Stimulus Atom ▶ Watch 0499 The Unconditioned Response Atom ▶ Watch 0501 The Neutral Stimulus Atom ▶ Watch 0503 The Conditioned Stimulus Atom ▶ Watch 0505 The Conditioned Response Atom ▶ Watch 0507 Acquisition Atom ▶ Watch 0509 Labeling a Conditioning Diagram Atom ▶ Watch 0511 Extinction in Classical Conditioning Atom ▶ Watch 0512 Spontaneous Recovery Atom ▶ Watch 0514 Stimulus Generalization Atom ▶ Watch 0515 Stimulus Discrimination Atom ▶ Watch 0517 Higher-Order Conditioning Atom ▶ Watch 0519 The Little Albert Study Atom ▶ Watch 0520 Little Albert and Research Ethics Atom ▶ Watch 0522 Taste Aversion Learning Atom ▶ Watch 0524 Labeling Pavlov's Dogs Atom ▶ Watch 0526 Labeling a Fear of the Doctor's Office Atom ▶ Watch 0528 Labeling Anticipatory Nausea Atom ▶ Watch 0530 Labeling an Advertisement Atom ▶ Watch 0532 Contingency in Conditioning Atom ▶ Watch 0533 The "Pairing Is Enough" Error Atom ▶ Watch 0535 Prediction Is What Is Learned Atom ▶ Watch 0537 Operant Conditioning Atom ▶ Watch 0539 The Law of Effect Atom ▶ Watch 0541 Reinforcement Atom ▶ Watch 0542 Punishment Atom ▶ Watch 0544 Positive Reinforcement Atom ▶ Watch 0546 Negative Reinforcement Atom ▶ Watch 0547 The Negative Reinforcement Error Atom ▶ Watch 0549 Positive Punishment Atom ▶ Watch 0551 Negative Punishment Atom ▶ Watch 0553 Primary and Secondary Reinforcers Atom ▶ Watch 0555 Shaping Procedure ▶ Watch 0557 Continuous Reinforcement Atom ▶ Watch 0559 The Fixed-Ratio Schedule Atom ▶ Watch 0561 The Variable-Ratio Schedule Atom ▶ Watch 0563 The Fixed-Interval Schedule Atom ▶ Watch 0565 The Variable-Interval Schedule Atom ▶ Watch 0567 Choosing a Reinforcement Schedule Atom ▶ Watch 0569 Extinction in Operant Conditioning Atom ▶ Watch 0571 Schedule for Teaching a New Skill Atom ▶ Watch 0573 Schedule for Steady Output Atom ▶ Watch 0575 Schedule for a Burst Before a Deadline Atom ▶ Watch 0577 Schedule for a Habit That Survives Lapses Atom ▶ Watch 0579 The Extinction Burst Atom ▶ Watch 0580 The Danger in an Extinction Burst Atom ▶ Watch 0582 The Token Economy Atom ▶ Watch 0584 Latent Learning Atom ▶ Watch 0586 The Cognitive Map Atom ▶ Watch 0588 Observational Learning Atom ▶ Watch 0590 The Four Steps of Modeling Atom ▶ Watch 0592 The Bobo Doll Study Atom ▶ Watch 0594 Vicarious Reinforcement Atom ▶ Watch 0596 Modeling Step One: Attention Atom ▶ Watch 0598 Modeling Step Two: Retention Atom ▶ Watch 0600 Modeling Step Three: Reproduction Atom ▶ Watch 0602 Modeling Step Four: Motivation Atom ▶ Watch 0604 Teaching One Behavior Two Ways Capstone ▶ Watch
Unit 6

Memory

0621 Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0623 Encoding Atom ▶ Watch 0625 Storage Atom ▶ Watch 0627 Retrieval Atom ▶ Watch 0629 Automatic Processing Atom ▶ Watch 0630 Effortful Processing Atom ▶ Watch 0632 Semantic Encoding Atom ▶ Watch 0634 Visual Encoding Atom ▶ Watch 0636 Acoustic Encoding Atom ▶ Watch 0638 The Self-Reference Effect Atom ▶ Watch 0640 Sensory Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0642 Short-Term Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0644 Miller's Seven Plus or Minus Two Atom ▶ Watch 0645 Cowan's Revision Atom ▶ Watch 0647 Chunking Atom ▶ Watch 0649 Rehearsal Atom ▶ Watch 0651 Working Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0653 The Phonological Loop Atom ▶ Watch 0655 The Visuospatial Sketchpad Atom ▶ Watch 0657 The Central Executive Atom ▶ Watch 0659 Long-Term Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0661 Explicit Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0662 Implicit Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0664 Episodic Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0666 Semantic Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0668 Procedural Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0670 The Hippocampus in Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0672 The Amygdala in Emotional Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0674 The Cerebellum in Procedural Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0676 Recall Atom ▶ Watch 0677 Recognition Atom ▶ Watch 0679 Relearning Atom ▶ Watch 0681 Retrieval Cues Atom ▶ Watch 0683 Context-Dependent Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0685 State-Dependent Memory Atom ▶ Watch 0687 The Forgetting Curve Atom ▶ Watch 0689 Encoding Failure Atom ▶ Watch 0691 Proactive Interference Atom ▶ Watch 0692 Retroactive Interference Atom ▶ Watch 0694 Anterograde Amnesia Atom ▶ Watch 0695 Retrograde Amnesia Atom ▶ Watch 0697 The Misinformation Effect Atom ▶ Watch 0699 Flashbulb Memories Atom ▶ Watch 0700 The "Vivid Means Accurate" Error Atom ▶ Watch 0702 Source Monitoring Errors Atom ▶ Watch 0704 The Testing Effect Atom ▶ Watch 0706 Distributed Practice Atom ▶ Watch 0708 The Method of Loci Procedure ▶ Watch 0710 Building a Study Plan from Memory Research Procedure ▶ Watch 0712 Why You Failed the Test You Studied For Capstone ▶ Watch
Unit 7

Cognition, Language & Intelligence

0731 Cognition Atom ▶ Watch 0733 Concept Atom ▶ Watch 0735 Prototype Atom ▶ Watch 0737 Natural and Artificial Concepts Atom ▶ Watch 0739 Schema Atom ▶ Watch 0741 Assimilation Atom ▶ Watch 0742 Accommodation Atom ▶ Watch 0744 Script Atom ▶ Watch 0746 Language Atom ▶ Watch 0748 Phoneme Atom ▶ Watch 0750 Morpheme Atom ▶ Watch 0752 Syntax Atom ▶ Watch 0753 Semantics Atom ▶ Watch 0755 Lexicon Atom ▶ Watch 0757 Language Milestones Atom ▶ Watch 0759 Overgeneralization Atom ▶ Watch 0761 The Critical Period for Language Atom ▶ Watch 0763 Linguistic Relativity Atom ▶ Watch 0765 Problem Solving Atom ▶ Watch 0767 Algorithm Atom ▶ Watch 0768 Heuristic Atom ▶ Watch 0769 The "Heuristics Are Just Guesses" Error Atom ▶ Watch 0771 Trial and Error Atom ▶ Watch 0773 Working Backwards Atom ▶ Watch 0775 Means-End Analysis Procedure ▶ Watch 0777 Functional Fixedness Atom ▶ Watch 0779 Mental Set Atom ▶ Watch 0781 Anchoring Bias Atom ▶ Watch 0783 The Availability Heuristic Atom ▶ Watch 0785 The Representativeness Heuristic Atom ▶ Watch 0787 Framing Atom ▶ Watch 0789 Intelligence Atom ▶ Watch 0791 Spearman's General Intelligence Atom ▶ Watch 0793 Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence Atom ▶ Watch 0795 Sternberg's Triarchic Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0797 Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Atom ▶ Watch 0799 Emotional Intelligence Atom ▶ Watch 0801 Divergent and Convergent Thinking Atom ▶ Watch 0803 The Learning Styles Myth Atom ▶ Watch 0805 Mental Age and the Intelligence Quotient Atom ▶ Watch 0807 The Stanford-Binet Atom ▶ Watch 0809 The Wechsler Scales Atom ▶ Watch 0811 Standardization Atom ▶ Watch 0813 Norms and the Normal Curve Atom ▶ Watch 0815 Reliability Atom ▶ Watch 0816 Validity Atom ▶ Watch 0817 Reliable but Not Valid Atom ▶ Watch 0818 Why Consistency Persuades Atom ▶ Watch 0820 The Flynn Effect Atom ▶ Watch 0822 Intellectual Disability Atom ▶ Watch 0824 Giftedness Atom ▶ Watch 0826 Stereotype Threat Atom ▶ Watch 0828 Heredity and Environment in Intelligence Atom ▶ Watch 0830 Reading an Intelligence Test Report Procedure ▶ Watch 0832 Solving One Problem Four Ways Capstone ▶ Watch
Unit 8

Lifespan Development

0851 Developmental Psychology Atom ▶ Watch 0853 Nature and Nurture Atom ▶ Watch 0855 Continuous and Discontinuous Development Atom ▶ Watch 0857 Stability and Change Atom ▶ Watch 0859 Cross-Sectional Design Atom ▶ Watch 0861 Longitudinal Design Atom ▶ Watch 0863 The Cohort Effect Atom ▶ Watch 0865 The Germinal Stage Atom ▶ Watch 0867 The Embryonic Stage Atom ▶ Watch 0869 The Fetal Stage Atom ▶ Watch 0871 Teratogens Atom ▶ Watch 0873 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Atom ▶ Watch 0875 Newborn Reflexes Atom ▶ Watch 0877 Motor Milestones Atom ▶ Watch 0879 Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage Atom ▶ Watch 0881 Object Permanence Atom ▶ Watch 0883 Piaget's Preoperational Stage Atom ▶ Watch 0885 Egocentrism Atom ▶ Watch 0887 Conservation Atom ▶ Watch 0889 Piaget's Concrete Operational Stage Atom ▶ Watch 0891 Piaget's Formal Operational Stage Atom ▶ Watch 0893 The Zone of Proximal Development Atom ▶ Watch 0894 The Zone Moves Atom ▶ Watch 0896 Scaffolding Atom ▶ Watch 0898 Theory of Mind Atom ▶ Watch 0900 Attachment Atom ▶ Watch 0902 Harlow's Contact Comfort Atom ▶ Watch 0904 The Strange Situation Atom ▶ Watch 0906 Secure Attachment Atom ▶ Watch 0907 Insecure Attachment Patterns Atom ▶ Watch 0908 The "Attachment Is Destiny" Error Atom ▶ Watch 0910 Authoritative Parenting Atom ▶ Watch 0912 Authoritarian Parenting Atom ▶ Watch 0914 Permissive Parenting Atom ▶ Watch 0916 Uninvolved Parenting Atom ▶ Watch 0918 Erikson's Psychosocial Stages Atom ▶ Watch 0920 Identity versus Role Confusion Atom ▶ Watch 0922 Preconventional Morality Atom ▶ Watch 0924 Conventional Morality Atom ▶ Watch 0926 Postconventional Morality Atom ▶ Watch 0927 Gilligan's Critique Atom ▶ Watch 0929 Puberty Atom ▶ Watch 0931 Adolescent Brain Development Atom ▶ Watch 0933 Emerging Adulthood Atom ▶ Watch 0935 Middle Adulthood Atom ▶ Watch 0937 Late Adulthood and Cognitive Change Atom ▶ Watch 0939 Kübler-Ross's Stages of Grief Atom ▶ Watch 0940 The "Grief Follows Five Stages" Error Atom ▶ Watch 0942 Placing a Child on Piaget's Stages Atom ▶ Watch 0943 Placing a Child at Sensorimotor Atom ▶ Watch 0945 Placing a Child at Preoperational Atom ▶ Watch 0947 Placing a Child at Concrete Operational Atom ▶ Watch 0949 When Two Piagetian Tasks Disagree Atom ▶ Watch 0951 Reading a Developmental Study Design Atom ▶ Watch 0952 Reading a Cross-Sectional Design Atom ▶ Watch 0954 Reading a Longitudinal Design with Attrition Atom ▶ Watch 0956 Reading a Sequential Design Atom ▶ Watch 0958 One Child, Four Theories Capstone ▶ Watch
Unit 9

Motivation, Emotion & Stress

0981 Motivation Atom ▶ Watch 0983 Instinct Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0985 Drive-Reduction Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0987 Homeostasis Atom ▶ Watch 0989 Arousal Theory Atom ▶ Watch 0991 The Yerkes-Dodson Law Atom ▶ Watch 0993 Self-Efficacy Atom ▶ Watch 0995 Intrinsic Motivation Atom ▶ Watch 0996 Extrinsic Motivation Atom ▶ Watch 0997 The Overjustification Effect Atom ▶ Watch 0999 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Atom ▶ Watch 1000 The "Maslow Is Established" Error Atom ▶ Watch 1002 The Hypothalamus in Hunger Atom ▶ Watch 1004 Leptin and Set Point Atom ▶ Watch 1006 Obesity as a Health Concern Atom ▶ Watch 1008 Anorexia Nervosa Atom ▶ Watch 1009 The Course of Anorexia Nervosa Atom ▶ Watch 1011 Bulimia Nervosa Atom ▶ Watch 1013 Binge-Eating Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1015 The Sexual Response Cycle Atom ▶ Watch 1017 Sexual Orientation Atom ▶ Watch 1019 Gender Identity Atom ▶ Watch 1021 Emotion Atom ▶ Watch 1023 The James-Lange Theory Atom ▶ Watch 1024 The Cannon-Bard Theory Atom ▶ Watch 1026 The Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory Atom ▶ Watch 1027 The Lazarus Appraisal Theory Atom ▶ Watch 1029 Comparing Theories of Emotion Procedure ▶ Watch 1031 Basic Emotions Atom ▶ Watch 1033 Display Rules Atom ▶ Watch 1035 The Facial Feedback Hypothesis Atom ▶ Watch 1037 The Autonomic Signature of Emotion Atom ▶ Watch 1039 Stress Atom ▶ Watch 1041 Stressor Atom ▶ Watch 1043 Eustress and Distress Atom ▶ Watch 1045 Primary and Secondary Appraisal Atom ▶ Watch 1047 The General Adaptation Syndrome Atom ▶ Watch 1049 The HPA Axis and Cortisol Atom ▶ Watch 1051 Stress and Immune Function Atom ▶ Watch 1053 Type A and Type B Patterns Atom ▶ Watch 1055 Job Burnout Atom ▶ Watch 1057 Problem-Focused Coping Atom ▶ Watch 1058 Emotion-Focused Coping Atom ▶ Watch 1060 Social Support Atom ▶ Watch 1062 Learned Helplessness Atom ▶ Watch 1064 Positive Psychology Atom ▶ Watch 1066 Hedonic Adaptation Atom ▶ Watch 1068 Flow Atom ▶ Watch 1070 Building a Coping Plan Procedure ▶ Watch 1072 A Week of Exam Stress, Traced Capstone ▶ Watch
Unit 10

Personality

1091 Personality Atom ▶ Watch 1093 The Psychodynamic Perspective Atom ▶ Watch 1095 The Id Atom ▶ Watch 1097 The Ego Atom ▶ Watch 1099 The Superego Atom ▶ Watch 1101 Defense Mechanisms Atom ▶ Watch 1103 Repression Atom ▶ Watch 1105 Projection Atom ▶ Watch 1107 Rationalization Atom ▶ Watch 1109 Freud's Psychosexual Stages Atom ▶ Watch 1111 Adler and Inferiority Atom ▶ Watch 1113 Jung's Collective Unconscious Atom ▶ Watch 1115 Horney's Basic Anxiety Atom ▶ Watch 1117 The Learning Approach to Personality Atom ▶ Watch 1119 Reciprocal Determinism Atom ▶ Watch 1121 Locus of Control Atom ▶ Watch 1123 The Humanistic Approach Atom ▶ Watch 1125 Unconditional Positive Regard Atom ▶ Watch 1127 Congruence and the Ideal Self Atom ▶ Watch 1129 Temperament Atom ▶ Watch 1131 Twin and Adoption Studies of Personality Atom ▶ Watch 1133 Traits Atom ▶ Watch 1134 The Type Error Atom ▶ Watch 1136 Allport's Trait Levels Atom ▶ Watch 1138 Cattell's Sixteen Factors Atom ▶ Watch 1140 Eysenck's Dimensions Atom ▶ Watch 1142 The Five Factor Model Atom ▶ Watch 1144 Openness Atom ▶ Watch 1146 Conscientiousness Atom ▶ Watch 1148 Extraversion Atom ▶ Watch 1150 Agreeableness Atom ▶ Watch 1152 Neuroticism Atom ▶ Watch 1154 Culture and Personality Atom ▶ Watch 1156 Self-Report Inventories Atom ▶ Watch 1158 The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Atom ▶ Watch 1160 Projective Tests Atom ▶ Watch 1162 The Rorschach Atom ▶ Watch 1164 The Barnum Effect Atom ▶ Watch 1166 Scoring a Five Factor Profile Procedure ▶ Watch 1168 One Person, Four Personality Theories Capstone ▶ Watch
Unit 11

Social & Organizational Psychology

1181 Social Psychology Atom ▶ Watch 1183 Situationism Atom ▶ Watch 1184 Dispositionism Atom ▶ Watch 1185 The Fundamental Attribution Error Atom ▶ Watch 1187 The Actor-Observer Bias Atom ▶ Watch 1189 The Self-Serving Bias Atom ▶ Watch 1191 The Just-World Hypothesis Atom ▶ Watch 1193 Social Role Atom ▶ Watch 1194 Roles Act Faster Than Personality Atom ▶ Watch 1196 The Stanford Prison Experiment and Its Criticisms Atom ▶ Watch 1197 How the Prison Study Is Now Read Atom ▶ Watch 1199 Social Norm Atom ▶ Watch 1201 Cognitive Dissonance Atom ▶ Watch 1202 Reducing Dissonance Atom ▶ Watch 1204 Attitude Atom ▶ Watch 1206 The Central Route to Persuasion Atom ▶ Watch 1207 The Peripheral Route to Persuasion Atom ▶ Watch 1209 The Foot-in-the-Door Technique Atom ▶ Watch 1211 Conformity Atom ▶ Watch 1213 The Asch Studies Atom ▶ Watch 1215 Normative Social Influence Atom ▶ Watch 1216 Informational Social Influence Atom ▶ Watch 1218 Compliance Atom ▶ Watch 1220 Obedience Atom ▶ Watch 1221 The Milgram Studies Atom ▶ Watch 1222 The "Obedience Requires Cruel People" Error Atom ▶ Watch 1224 What Changed Milgram's Rates Atom ▶ Watch 1226 Groupthink Atom ▶ Watch 1228 Group Polarization Atom ▶ Watch 1230 Social Facilitation Atom ▶ Watch 1232 Social Loafing Atom ▶ Watch 1234 Deindividuation Atom ▶ Watch 1236 Prejudice Atom ▶ Watch 1237 Stereotype Atom ▶ Watch 1239 Discrimination Atom ▶ Watch 1240 Confusing Prejudice with Discrimination Atom ▶ Watch 1242 In-Group Bias Atom ▶ Watch 1244 Out-Group Homogeneity Atom ▶ Watch 1246 Scapegoating Atom ▶ Watch 1248 The Contact Hypothesis Atom ▶ Watch 1250 Aggression Atom ▶ Watch 1252 Hostile and Instrumental Aggression Atom ▶ Watch 1254 Bullying and Cyberbullying Atom ▶ Watch 1256 Prosocial Behavior Atom ▶ Watch 1257 Altruism Atom ▶ Watch 1259 The Bystander Effect Atom ▶ Watch 1260 Diffusion of Responsibility Atom ▶ Watch 1262 Interpersonal Attraction Atom ▶ Watch 1264 The Mere Exposure Effect Atom ▶ Watch 1266 Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love Atom ▶ Watch 1268 Industrial-Organizational Psychology Atom ▶ Watch 1270 Job Analysis Atom ▶ Watch 1272 Structured Interviews and Selection Atom ▶ Watch 1274 Performance Appraisal Atom ▶ Watch 1275 Rater Bias in Appraisal Atom ▶ Watch 1277 Organizational Culture Atom ▶ Watch 1279 Job Satisfaction Atom ▶ Watch 1281 Workplace Stress and Harassment Atom ▶ Watch 1283 Human Factors Psychology Atom ▶ Watch 1285 Diagnosing a Group Failure Procedure ▶ Watch 1287 Why No One Called for Help Capstone ▶ Watch
Unit 12

Psychological Disorders & Treatment

1311 Psychological Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1313 Harmful Dysfunction Atom ▶ Watch 1314 The Judgment Inside Harmful Dysfunction Atom ▶ Watch 1316 Culture and the Definition of Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1318 The DSM Atom ▶ Watch 1319 The ICD Atom ▶ Watch 1320 Comparing Across Diagnostic Systems Atom ▶ Watch 1322 Comorbidity Atom ▶ Watch 1324 The Diathesis-Stress Model Atom ▶ Watch 1326 The Biological Perspective on Disorders Atom ▶ Watch 1328 The Psychological Perspective on Disorders Atom ▶ Watch 1329 The Sociocultural Perspective on Disorders Atom ▶ Watch 1331 Anxiety Disorders Atom ▶ Watch 1333 Specific Phobia Atom ▶ Watch 1335 Social Anxiety Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1337 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1339 Panic Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1341 Agoraphobia Atom ▶ Watch 1343 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1344 The Casual Use of "OCD" Atom ▶ Watch 1346 Why the Obsessive-Compulsive Cycle Holds Atom ▶ Watch 1348 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1350 Major Depressive Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1351 Depression Is Not Sadness Atom ▶ Watch 1352 Why Expecting Sadness Misses the Diagnosis Atom ▶ Watch 1354 Persistent Depressive Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1356 Bipolar I Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1357 Bipolar II Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1359 Seasonal Pattern in Mood Disorders Atom ▶ Watch 1361 Suicide Risk in Mood Disorders Atom ▶ Watch 1362 Reading a Section III Condition Atom ▶ Watch 1363 Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Atom ▶ Watch 1364 The Diagnostic Status of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Atom ▶ Watch 1365 Schizophrenia Atom ▶ Watch 1366 Schizophrenia Is Not Split Personality Atom ▶ Watch 1368 Positive Symptoms Atom ▶ Watch 1369 Negative Symptoms Atom ▶ Watch 1371 The Dopamine Hypothesis Atom ▶ Watch 1373 Prodrome and Course in Schizophrenia Atom ▶ Watch 1375 Dissociative Identity Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1377 Dissociative Amnesia Atom ▶ Watch 1379 Personality Disorders Atom ▶ Watch 1381 Borderline Personality Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1383 Antisocial Personality Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1385 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1387 Autism Spectrum Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1389 Substance Use Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1391 Assessing a Case Against Diagnostic Criteria Procedure ▶ Watch 1393 Deinstitutionalization Atom ▶ Watch 1395 Psychotherapy Atom ▶ Watch 1397 Systematic Desensitization Atom ▶ Watch 1399 Exposure Therapy Atom ▶ Watch 1401 Aversive Conditioning Atom ▶ Watch 1403 Cognitive Therapy Atom ▶ Watch 1405 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Atom ▶ Watch 1407 Dialectical Behavior Therapy Atom ▶ Watch 1409 Humanistic Therapy Atom ▶ Watch 1411 Psychoanalytic Therapy Atom ▶ Watch 1413 Group and Family Therapy Atom ▶ Watch 1415 Antidepressant Medications Atom ▶ Watch 1417 Antianxiety Medications Atom ▶ Watch 1419 Antipsychotic Medications Atom ▶ Watch 1421 Mood Stabilizers Atom ▶ Watch 1423 Combining Medication and Psychotherapy Atom ▶ Watch 1425 The Therapeutic Alliance Atom ▶ Watch 1427 Barriers to Treatment Atom ▶ Watch 1429 Stigma Atom ▶ Watch 1431 Matching Treatment to Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1432 Matching Treatment: Specific Phobia Atom ▶ Watch 1434 Matching Treatment: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Atom ▶ Watch 1436 Matching Treatment: Moderate Depression Atom ▶ Watch 1438 Matching Treatment: A First Psychotic Episode Atom ▶ Watch 1440 Evaluating a Therapy Claim Atom ▶ Watch 1441 Evaluating a Waitlist-Controlled Claim Atom ▶ Watch 1443 Evaluating a Claim Without Follow-Up Atom ▶ Watch 1445 Evaluating an Actively-Compared Claim Atom ▶ Watch 1447 One Case, Three Levels Capstone ▶ Watch

The receipts

Check my work.

Behind the course sits a reference document in which every empirical claim is traced to its source — the standard text, and, where a finding has a canonical study, the original paper (Pavlov, Skinner, Bandura, Milgram, Asch, Loftus, Ebbinghaus, Ainsworth, and the rest). Where a famous result is disputed in the literature, the video says so in a clause and moves on. I’m a teacher and a builder, not a research specialist in any one field — so the receipts are right there to catch me with. I’d rather be corrected than comfortable.

Spot an error? Tell me the video number and the claim — corrections get made in the open.

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