Psychology: An Introduction (Online) offered by Oxford University
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Psychology: An Introduction (Online) at Oxford University Overview
Duration | 2 months |
Total fee | ₹26,500 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Course Level | UG Certificate |
Psychology: An Introduction (Online) at Oxford University Highlights
- Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university
Psychology: An Introduction (Online) at Oxford University Course details
- Aspects of psychology from multiple theoretical perspectives with reference to their history
- The major theories of psychology and what psychologists do
- How psychologists conduct experiments
- Why some psychologists (e.g. Skinner, Freud, Milgram) used certain methods
- The tools used for appropriate evaluation of the science behind the main topics in Psychology
- This course introduces the science of psychology, exploring the richness of human functions, uncovering the brain?s secrets, revealing its complexities
- This course is appropriate for gaining understanding of psychology and in preparation for more specialised courses
- The course reveals how psychologists study human behaviour in laboratory conditions and explains some of the difficulties encountered in doing so
- The course is designed for those wishing to acquire an understanding of psychology as a science, and the contributions of psychologists in the understanding of human behaviour
- This course aims to introduce students to an understanding of five approaches in psychology: biological, psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioural and social psychology
Psychology: An Introduction (Online) at Oxford University Curriculum
Introduction
The history of psychology as an academic discipline
Psychology as a science
Research methods
Working with experimental results
This is your brain
Brain neurophysiology at the cellular level
The brain structures
The separation of brain and mind?
The development of thought and language
Learning to think
The development of language
Can animals learn language?
How memories are formed
Memories are made of this
The biological basis of memory
Memory for future events
Brain damage and forgetting
Behaving ourselves: Reward and punishment
Learning to behave: Skinner?s theory
Classical conditioning
Applications to everyday life
The development and measurement of personality
Early theories of personality ? the four humours
The ?super three? or the ?big five? traits?
Reliability and validity
Biological approaches
Why do we conform and whom do we obey?
Conformity
Compliance
Internalisation
Identification
Obedience
Eating, drinking, sleeping and sex: Theories of motivation
Biological and psychological theories of motivation
Hunger
To sleep perchance to dream ...
Sex
Psychological theories of motivation
Why do fools fall in love? Theories of attraction and relationship formation
The formation of relationships
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...
Theories of romantic relationship formation
Evolutionary theories of partner selection
When it all breaks down: Brain damage, tumours and strokes
Brain damage
The case of Phineas Gage
Neuropsychological problems
Psychology: An Introduction (Online) at Oxford University Faculty details
Psychology: An Introduction (Online) at Oxford University Entry Requirements
- Prerequisite: Familiar with using a computer for purposes such as sending email and searching the Internet
- Yes
- In countries where the normal examinations have been cancelled, university will expect the conditions of student's offer to be met by the alternative assessment put in place by qualifications' regulators.
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