For years, in my brick & mortar teaching, I have taught English through a psychological lens by encourage students to ask why characters/individuals behave this way. 

This course looks into psychological phenomenons such as phobias, the bystander effect, compliance and obedience, memory, the Mandela Effect, herd mentality, and much more! Great for young, curious minds that want to know why people behave in such way.

Please note that this course does not deep dive into biological functions (i.e. neurotransmitters, synapses, etc.). We do look at the brain parts at a basic level and what these parts control, but this is not a biology course. I approach sociology and psychology concepts on a basic, humanistic level.

I have a psychology minor from the University of Southern Indiana (2018) and have taken Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Sleep and Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Psychology and Crime, Sociological Concepts, and The Psychology of Good and Evil.

Case Studies/Topics Used:
Week of July 12: The Four Humors
Week of July 19: One Person...Two Brains?
Week of July 26: Two Late for Words
August 2: The Case of Little Albert
August 9: Seeing is Believing
August 16: Feelings vs. Actions
August 23: Do Some People Really Have Psychic Powers
August 30: How Do Advertisements "Motivate" People to Buy Products?
September 6: Can You Improve Your Memory?
September 13: Nature vs. Nurture
September 20: The Complexity of Fear
September 27: America's Obsession with Never Growing Old
October 4: What is Your True Age?
October 11: What Your Most Vivid Memory Says About You
October 18: Brown-Eye Blue-Eye Experiment
October 25: Mirror Stage 
November 1: Keeping Up with the Joneses
November 8: Classical Conditioning
November 15: Self Concept
November 22: Why Do Good People Do Bad Things
December 6: Compliance
December 12: IQ and You