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Professor B
by Brittany Ratiani
Welcome to the podcast for Psych1A with Professor Brittany Ratiani! You can mix and match media to match your best learning style by combining this podcast with the book, slides, or listen to it on its own. You're welcome to re-listen to parts, or the whole lecture, and send your questions my way through our Canvas page.
Episodes
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Chapter 13, Part 1
We finally get into where Freud's ideas about the unconscious come from! The answer might surprise you. We'll also explore some other theorists who studied under Freud, gleaned the good stuff from his theory, and created theories of their own.
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Chapter 6, Part 2
Getting memories back, problems with memory, and memory failure.
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Chapter 6, Part 1
What is memory? How does it work?
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Chapter 13, part 2
How do we use personality assessments to understand each other and ourselves?
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Ch 15, Part 2
Our last lecture! Cognitive, behavioral, Cognitive-Behavioral, Group, and biomedical therapies.
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Chapter 15, Part 1
Psychoanalytic and Humanistic therapies
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Chapter 14, Part 2
This episode is rather long because there is SO much information to cover!
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Chapter 14, Part 1
DSM V, What is normal, where does mental illness come from?
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Chapter 12, Part 2
Race, power, and what happens when we're placed into social roles.
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Chapter 12, Part 1
Racial injustice, electric shock, and cults! How does this all fit into social psychology? How is social psychology different from sociology and anthropology?
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Chapter 10, Part 2
Who are we attracted to? Why? What does research tell us about sex?
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Ch 10, Part 1
Is there a difference between gender and sexuality? Why do these terms matter, it's just a bunch of PC technicalities, right? Not quite...In this section we'll define terms and why they matter.
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Chapter 9, Part 2
Emotions. All of those lovely feelings we feel. But what's actually going on with those?
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Chapter 9, Part 1
What motivates us to do....anything?
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Chapter 7, Part 2
What is intelligence? How does our definition of intelligence change the way we see people?
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Chapter 7, Part 1
Cognition: thinking about thinking. Today we cover how the brain tries to solve problems, problems with our problem solving strategies, and mental creativity. *The mindful moment for this week includes Tibetan singing bowls; it may be smart to have your hand on the volume knob/button of whichever...
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Chapter 8, Part 2
Adolescence, aging, adulthood, and dying. Notice how this section is so much smaller than child development? Why might that be?
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Chapter 8, Part 1
The very beginning of life! Starting with DNA and taking us through child development.
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Chapter 5, part 2
Ch 5, Part 2: Operant Conditioning. "What's In It For Me?"
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Chapter 5, Part 1
All about learning! How do we learn? Why does it matter?
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Chapter 4, Part 2
Hypnosis and psychoactive drugs. Watch out for the poppies, Dorothy, they make you sleepy! Poppies, our state flower, make a very powerful psychoactive drug...any guesses which one?
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Chapter 4, Part 1
In part 1 of Chapter 4 we learn about the thing we all wish we had more of...sleep! A handout is referenced in this episode and is available to you on Canvas (Optimal Sleep Plan); it is not required for this course, though it is strongly recommended.
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Chapter 3, Part 2: Perception
This short little episode rounds out Chapter 3 and addresses perception, how our brain makes sense of the world around us. Because this is fairly complicated neuroscience, we don't get too deep into it here in 1A, thus the shorter lecture. Take some time to review the textbook and slides, and…
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Chapter 3, Part 1: Sensation
Part 1 covers sensation, understanding how our sensory organs gather information and transmit these to our brain. It is helpful to have the textbook or slides available to you as we'll be discussing the anatomy of these organs.
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Chapter 11, Part 1: Stress
Did your heart rate go up just thinking about stress? Make sure you've listened to all of Chapter 2, reviewed the slides and textbook before embarking on this chapter! You'll need to know about the body's stress activation system to fully understand this chapter.
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Chapter 11, Part 2: Health and Coping
More about how stress impacts your body, and finally some answers on how to retrain your brain to manage and tolerate your stress!
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Chapter 2, Part 2: The Nervous System
This lecture covers the nervous and endocrine systems, how we study the brain today, and structures of the brain. Please have your textbook or the slides available as you listen to this recording, as the images will help the information make sense, and there will be an exam question labeling a...
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Chapter 2, Part 1: Biological Perspective
This chapter is a challenging one as we're introduced to neuroscience and the nervous system. It's a good idea to have the slides or your textbook open as you're listening to the recordings, so you can match the pictures with what's being discussed. Our Canvas page also has a wealth of videos and...
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Chapter 1, Part 2: Psychological Research
Part 2 of Chapter 1, covering Psychological Research.
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Chapter 1, Part 1: Introduction to Psychology
This episode covers the history of psychology and theories that are used today. You'll find the second half of Chapter 1 in "Chapter 1, Part 2, Psychological Research". Don't forget to submit Comp Check 1 and Response Paper 1 on Canvas after completing both podcasts and reading the chapter!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the podcast for Psych1A with Professor Brittany Ratiani! You can mix and match media to match your best learning style by combining this podcast with the book, slides, or listen to it on its own. You're welcome to re-listen to parts, or the whole lecture, and send your questions my way through our Canvas page.
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