Introduction to Psychology

"Introduction to Psychology" is a comprehensive introduction to Psychology and self-paced online course that combines the real world immediacy and intimacy of professionally-produced video with the free, open-source, peer-reviewed textbook "Psychology" from OpenStax College. Noted academicians and researchers - including Noam Chomsky, Paul Ekman, Elizabeth Loftus, Michael Rugg, David Myers and others - offer an engaging and thorough treatment of Psychology that goes beyond key concepts and principles to provide learners an up-to-date look at the evolving field of psychological science.

Areas of exploration include:

• How Psychologists Conduct Research

• Neuroscience and Behavior

• Genetic and Environmental Influences on Behavior

• Sensing and Interpreting Sensory Messages

• States of Consciousness

• Learning

• Memory

• Thinking and Language

• Intelligence

• Motivation and Work

• Emotion

• Stress and Health

• Personality

• Psychological Disorders

• Therapy

• Social Psychology

• Developmental Psychology

The course includes more than 150 topic-specific video segments - each approximately three to five minutes in duration - that incorporate expert interviews, computer graphics and animation, and real-life case studies that tell the story of psychology from a human perspective.

Introduction to Psychology can be adopted "as is" for use as a complete online course in introductory Psychology, as a quality textbook replacement for existing courses, or as a media-rich resource for homework and test preparation (e.g. CLEP Exam).