Introducción a la psicología: las múltiples perspectivas diferentes - Año completo

Class Experience

The class utilizes a lecture/powerpoint format - learners can answer questions from the instructor based on their level of comfort and ask questions throughout the class, as needed. I design my classes this way so that it is comfortable for those learners who prefer to just listen as oppose to talk or prefer to have their cameras off during class. All learners are encouraged to share if they have thoughts or questions. 

Week #1 – Introduction to the Science of Psychology - Psychology Defined; Research Methods; Careers in Psychology
Week #2 - Introduction to the Science of Psychology Continued  - Comparison of Perspectives
Week #3 -  Biological Aspects of Psychology - Discussion of the Central Nervous System; Neurotransmitters; Parts of the Brain
Week #4 -  Biological Aspects of Psychology - Role of the brain in medical issues such as Traumatic Brain Injury, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, CTE and Mental Health Issues such as Depression and Anxiety
Week #5 -  Biological Aspects of Psychology  - Discussion of the Endocrine System
Week #6 - Consciousness - Continuum of Consciousness, Stages of Sleep 
Week #7 - Consciousness Continued - Sleep Disorders; Theories of Dreaming
Week #8 - Health, Stress and Coping - Identifying Physical and Psychological Effects of Stress on Coping
Week #9 -  Health, Stress and Coping - Coping Strategies
Week #10 - Personality - Theories of Personality/Theorists including Cognitive and Behavioral
Week #11 - Personality - Theories of Personality/Theorists including Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic, Trait and Humanistic
Week #12 - Psychological Testing and Assessment - Subjective (MMPI and Five Factors) and Projective Personality Testing (TAT, HTP, Rorschach Inkblot)
Week #13 -  Psychological Testing and Assessment Continued - Subjective (MMPI and Five Factors) and Projective Personality Testing (TAT, HTP, Rorschach Inkblot)
Week #14 -  Intelligence Testing
Week #15 - Psychological Disorders - Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder and Phobias
Week #15 – Psychological Disorders - Obsessive Compulsive & Related Disorders; Trauma & Stressor Related Disorders
Week #16 - Psychological Disorders - Schizophrenia (Etiology, Symptoms and Treatments) and Dissociative Disorders
Week #17 -  Psychological Disorders - Personality Disorders
Week #18 -  Developing Through the Life Span: Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn; Infancy and Childhood	
Week#19 -  Developing Through the Life Span: Adolescence; Self-Esteem & Self-Concept
Week #20 - Developing Through the Life Span: Adulthood
Week #21 - Sensation and Perception: Sensory Systems; Vision; Audition; Chemical Senses; Skin Senses; Other Senses
Week #22 - Perception; Factors in Perception; Binocular Cues; Motion Parallax; Visual Constancies; Gestalt Psychology; Odor Perception
Week #23 - Learning: Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
Week #24 - Learning: Operant Conditioning; Social Learning Theory
Week #25 - Memory: Studying and Encoding Memories; Storing and Retrieving Memories	
Week #26 - Memory: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
Week #27 - Social Psychology - Part I - Compliance, Conformity and Obedience
Week #28 - Social Psychology - Part II - Finish Obedience; Aggression and Frustration
Week #29 - Social Psychology - Part III - Group Processes - Deindividuation, the Bystander Effect, Diffusion of Responsibility, Prosocial Behavior/Altruism, Groupthink
Week #30 - Updates in Social Psychology Research

Extra Notes Provided in the Form of Hand-Outs.