Crash Course Psychology

  • Premiered: Feb 2014
  • Episodes: 40
  • Followers: 7
  • Ended
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Season 1
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Intro to Psychology
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Feb 03, 2014
What does Psychology mean? Where does it come from? Hank gives you a 10 minute intro to one of the more tricky sciences and talks about some of the big names in the development of the field. Welcome to Crash Course Psychology!!!
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Psychological Research
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Feb 10, 2014
So how do we apply the scientific method to psychological research? Lots of ways, but today Hank talks about case studies, naturalistic observation, surveys and interviews, and .. show full overview
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The Chemical Mind
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Feb 17, 2014
BAHHHHHH! Did I scare you? What exactly happens when we get scared? How does our brain make our body react? Just what are Neurotransmitters? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, .. show full overview
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Meet Your Master Getting to Know Your Brain
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Feb 24, 2014
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, we get to meet the brain. Hank talks us through the Central Nervous System, the ancestral structures of the brain, the limbic system, and new .. show full overview
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Sensation and Perception
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Mar 03, 2014
Just what is the difference between sensing and perceiving? And how does vision actually work? And what does this have to do with a Corgi? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, .. show full overview
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Homunculus
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Mar 10, 2014
HOMUNCULUS! It's a big and weird word that you may or may not have heard before, but do you know what it means? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us a deeper understanding of this weird model of human sensation.
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Perceiving is Believing
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Mar 17, 2014
So what does perception even mean? What's the difference between seeing something and making sense of it? In today's episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us some insight into the differences between sensing and perceiving.
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Consciousness
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Mar 24, 2014
What exactly is Consciousness? Well... that's kind of a gray area. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives you the basic ideas of what Consciousness is, how our attention .. show full overview
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To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
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Mar 31, 2014
Why do we sleep? Well... that's a tricky question. More easily answered is the question,"How do we sleep?" In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank discusses some of the ways our .. show full overview
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Altered States
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Apr 07, 2014
You may think you know all about hypnosis from the movies. Zoolander, The Manchurian Candidate, etc... but there's a whole lot more going on. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, .. show full overview
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How to Train a Brain
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Apr 21, 2014
I'm sure you've heard of Pavlov's Bell (and I'm not talking about the Aimee Mann song), but what was Ivan Pavlov up to, exactly? And how are our brains trained? And what is a "Skinner .. show full overview
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The Bobo Beatdown
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Apr 28, 2014
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about how we learn by observation... and how that can mean beating the tar out of an inanimate clown named Bobo.
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How We Make Memories
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May 05, 2014
Remember that guy from 300? What was his name? ARG!!! It turns out our brains make and recall memories in different ways. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about the .. show full overview
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Cognition: How Your Mind Can Amaze and Betray You
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May 09, 2014
We used to think that the human brain was a lot like a computer; using logic to figure out complicated problems. It turns out, it's a lot more complex and, well, weird than that. In this .. show full overview
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Remembering and Forgetting
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May 12, 2014
In this REALLY IMPORTANT EPISODE of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about how we remember and forget things, why our memories are fallible, and the dangers that can pose.
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Language
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May 26, 2014
You know what's amazing? That we can talk to people, they can make meaning out of it, and then talk back to us. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks to us and tries to .. show full overview
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The Power of Motivation
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Jun 02, 2014
Feeling motivated? Even if you are, do you know why? The story of Aaron Ralston can tell us a lot about motivation. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank tells us Ralston's .. show full overview
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The Growth of Knowledge
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Jun 09, 2014
How does our knowledge grow? It turns out there are some different ideas about that. Schemas, Four-Stage Theory of Cognitive Development, and Vygotsky's Theory of Scaffolding all play .. show full overview
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Monkeys and Morality
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Jun 16, 2014
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology Hank takes a look at a few experiments that helped us understand how we develop as human beings. Things like attachment separation anxiety .. show full overview
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Adolescence
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Jun 23, 2014
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology Hank has a look at that oh so troublesome time in everyone's life Adolescence! He talks about identity individuality and The Breakfast Club.
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Rorschach & Freudians
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Jul 08, 2014
Herman Rorschach (no, not the guy from Watchmen) came up with the eponymous tests, but what do they mean? Why are we so fascinated with them despite the division in the world of .. show full overview
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Measuring Personality
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Jul 14, 2014
How would you measure a personality? What exactly is the self? Well as you've come to expect it's not that easy to nail down an answer for those questions. Whether you're into blood bile .. show full overview
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Controversy of Intelligence
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Jul 21, 2014
So how many different kinds of intelligence are there? And what is the G-Factor? Eugenics? Have you ever taken an IQ Test? All of these things play into the fascinating and sometimes .. show full overview
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Brains Vs. Bias
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Jul 27, 2014
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology Hank takes a look at WAIS and WISC intelligence tests and how bias can really skew both results and the usefulness of those results.
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Feeling All the Feels
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Aug 05, 2014
Even if you're Mel Gibson or Kanye it's probably best to not wear all of your emotions on your sleeve. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology Hank talks about these things called 'Emotions'. What are they? And why do we need them?
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Emotion, Stress and Health
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Aug 11, 2014
So it turns out we have an easy time reading emotions in facial expressions but emotions can straight up kill us! In this episode of Crash Course Psychology Hank discusses stress emotions and their overall impact on our health.
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Let's Talk About Sex
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Aug 18, 2014
Sex is complicated for different reasons in different cultures. But it's the entire purpose of life so there's no reason to blush. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology Hank talks .. show full overview
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Psychological Disorders
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Aug 25, 2014
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology Hank takes a look at how the treatment for Psychological Disorders has changed over the last hundred years and who is responsible for getting us on the path to getting us here.
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OCD & Anxiety Disorders
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Sep 01, 2014
Ever call someone OCD because they like to have a clean apartment? Ever tell someone you have a phobia of spiders when in fact they just creep you out a little? In this episode of Crash .. show full overview
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Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
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Sep 08, 2014
Not sleeping for days on end. Long periods of euphoria. Racing thoughts. Grandiose ideas. Mania. Depression. All of these are symptoms of Bipolar Disorder. In this episode of Crash .. show full overview
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Trauma & Addiction
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Sep 22, 2014
So what do Batman and J.R.R. Tolkien have in common? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It used to be called 'Shellshock' and it can be really really really destructive. In this episode of .. show full overview
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Schizophrenia & Dissociative Disorders
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Sep 29, 2014
Did you know that Schizophrenia and Multiple Personality Disorder aren't the same thing? Did you know that we don't call it Multiple Personality Disorder anymore? In this episode of .. show full overview
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Eating and Body Dysmorphic Disorders
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Oct 06, 2014
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology Hank walks us through the troubling world of Eating and Body Dysmorphic disorders. There's a lot going on here and even though we still have a .. show full overview
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Personality Disorders
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Oct 14, 2014
What exactly are Personality Disorders? How can they be diagnosed? Can we prevent some of them? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us the down low on things like .. show full overview
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Getting Help - Psychotherapy
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Oct 21, 2014
So you know you'd like to get help with some problematic behavior (like fear of flying). What do you do? Who can you go to for help? Once you've gone what can you expect? In this episode .. show full overview
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Biomedical Treatments
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Oct 27, 2014
Do you know how Prozac works? Or lithium? Did you know that electro shock therapy is still a thing? There's a lot to know about biomedical treatments and how they work in tandem with .. show full overview
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Social Thinking
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Nov 03, 2014
Why do people do bad things? Is it because of the situation or who they are at their core? In this week's episode of Crash Course Psychology Hank works to shed a little light on the .. show full overview
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Social Influence
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Nov 11, 2014
Why do people sometimes do bad things just because someone else told them to? And what does the term Groupthink mean? In today's episode of Crash Course Psychology Hank talks about the .. show full overview
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Prejudice & Discrimination
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Nov 17, 2014
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology Hank tackles some difficult topics dealing with prejudice stereotyping and discrimination.
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Aggression V. Altruism
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Nov 24, 2014
In our final episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank discusses the ideas of Aggression and Altruism. These two things are difficult to understand and explain so sit tight and get ready to run the gauntlet of human emotions.

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