weekly
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade 7 - 10
Why do people think, act, and feel certain ways? If you are curious about these questions, you might be interested in learning more about psychology. Psychology is the study of behavior and mental processes. In this class, we will cover major theories in psychology. This is an ongoing class which means learners can join and leave at any time. Each topic is independent of each other. I will present information from scientific journals and an open source introduction to psychology textbook in a lecture format (please see the "sources" section for more details). I will leave time for discussion and questions at the end of class. Week of February 17th: Learning Week of February 24th: Development Week of March 3rd: Social psychology Week of March 10th: Personality Week of March 17th: Emotions Week of March 24th: Stress Week of March 31st: Motivation Week of April 7th: Mood disorders Week of April 14th: Anxiety disorders Week of April 21st: NO CLASS Week of April 28th: Dissociative disorders Week of May 5th: Personality disorders Week of May 12th: Schizophrenia Week of May 19th: Unusual disorders Week of May 26th: Animal behavior June/July/August 2025 Schedule Week of June 2nd: Biology & Psychology Week of June 9th: Consciousness & Dreams Week of June 16th: Sensation & Perception Week of June 23rd: Thinking Week of June 30th: Intelligence Week of July 7th: Memory Week of July 14th: Learning Week of July 21st: Development Week of July 28th: Social Psychology Week of August 4th: Personality Week of August 11th: Emotions Week of August 18th: Stress Week of August 25th: Motivation ***If you are looking for a more in-depth class, please see my self-paced version. The lessons are pre-recorded, but there are more lessons for each topic. https://outschool.com/classes/introduction-to-psychology-fOY1CW4q **** No prior knowledge of psychology is needed.
Other Details
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
I will refer to scientific journal articles from Psychological Science (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/pss) and use the open source textbook Introduction to Psychology (https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wmopen-psychology/).
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
Doctoral Degree in Psychology from University of Arizona
I have a PhD in psychology from the University of Arizona and taught college classes for over 10 years.
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