Crash Course Psychology

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Intro to Psychology
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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