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Introduction to Psychology

Introduction to Psychology. Instructor: Prof. Braj Bhushan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur. This course is designed for better understanding of the self and others. It will help you understand the how and why of thinking, feeling, and action. This introductory psychology course will cover the major psychological constructs and principles, primarily focusing on the perceptual processes, learning, memory, emotions, genetic and environmental determinants of behavior and personality. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 07 - Theory of Signal Detection

In this lecture, you will learn about figure ground relationship and the theory of signal detection and its application in everyday life.

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Introduction

Lecture 01 - Major Areas of Psychology

Lecture 02 - Major Milestones in Psychology

Lecture 03 - Methods in Psychology

Lecture 04 - Schools of Thoughts in Psychology

Perception

Lecture 05 - Sensory Mechanisms

Lecture 06 - External Factors in Perception

Lecture 07 - Theory of Signal Detection

Lecture 08 - Gestalt Principles

Lecture 09 - Form Perception

Lecture 10 - Role of Culture in Perception

Learning

Lecture 11 - Basic Concepts of Learning

Lecture 12 - Classical Conditioning

Lecture 13 - Concepts and Applications of Classical Conditioning

Lecture 14 - Operant Conditioning

Lecture 15 - Observational Learning

Lecture 16 - Cognitive Learning

Memory

Lecture 17 - Models of Memory

Lecture 18 - Short-Term Memory - Storage and Retention

Lecture 19 - Long-Term Memory - Episodic Memory

Lecture 20 - Long-Term Memory - Autobiographical and Semantic Memory

Lecture 21 - Long-Term Memory - Procedural Memory

Lecture 22 - Forgetting

Emotion

Lecture 23 - Theories of Emotion

Lecture 24 - Theories of Emotion (cont.)

Lecture 25 - Basic Emotions

Lecture 26 - Culture and Emotion

Lecture 27 - Musculature Analysis of Facial Expressions

Lecture 28 - Biological Basis of Emotions

Behaviour, Intelligence

Lecture 29 - Nature vs Nurture

Lecture 30 - Behavioural Genetics

Lecture 31 - Behavioural Genetics (cont.)

Lecture 32 - Intelligence

Lecture 33 - Aptitude

Personality

Lecture 34 - Various Perspectives of Personality

Lecture 35 - Neo Freudian and Behaviourist Perspective

Lecture 36 - Behaviourist and Humanistic Perspective

Lecture 37 - Indian Perspective of Personality and Assessment of Personality

Lecture 38 - Psychometric Tests of Personality Assessment