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Coping

We use a variety of methods to survive emotionally and physically. We take defensive measures whenever we’re under attack. We react whenever someone yells at, ridicules, or scolds us. It’s not that we don’t have coping skills. The problem is that we don’t select them. Usually we use whatever is at hand. Read the story »

How To Learn Anything

Here are 10 Tips to help you learn anything. Using them can help you do better in work, school, sports and relationships. These are not study suggestions. They go the core of what learning is. Read the story »

alt text What This Tour Covers

General Psychology is a survey course. Like a survey of a piece of land, this survey shows you the boundary... 

alt text Day 1: Birth Of Psychology

 Psychology is the child of philosophy and experimental physiology. It has acquired traits from each... 

alt text Day 2: Sensation-Perception

We know the world around us through our sensors. Our ability to hear is limited by our auditory system.... 

alt text Day 3: Neuroscience

Although some areas of psychology look at behaviors and cognitions from a broad perspective, other approaches... 

alt text Day 4: Developmental Pscyh

Developmental Psychology covers the entire life span. It is the study of change: from cell to baby, from... 

alt text Day 5: Thinking & Feeling

Psychology also studies thinking and feeling. Thinking (generally referred to as cognition) is easily... 

alt text Day 6: Learning

Learning is a major area of study in psychology. It includes Pavlov’s dogs (classical conditioning),... 

alt text Day 7: Memory

If learning is the encoding part of the process, memory is the decoding part. We can’t learn if... 

alt text Day 8: Personality

Personality is the study of what makes you you. It is one of the oldest areas of psychology, and includes... 

alt text Day 9: Social Psych

Social Psychology emphasizes that we are not alone. We live with other people. They impact our attitudes... 

alt text Day 10: Abnormal Psych

Abnoraml Psychology looks at the disorders of the mind and brain. It tries to judge what is normal for... 

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