Welcome to psychology class. The following materials are offered as open source resources for undergraduate and graduate psychology students and anyone interested in learning about psychology.


 

Personality Theory


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Chapter 8: Learning Theory

Introduction to Learning Theory and Behavioral Psychology Introduction to Learning Theory and Behavioral Psychology Learning can be defined as the ...
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Chapter 9: Behavioral Theory Applications & Research

From Theory to Practical Application Behaviorism at Work Perhaps the biggest strength of behaviorism and the resulting social learning and ...
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Articles about Personality Development and Disorders

Psychopaths Don't Care About Cute Animals
Above is a picture of a very cute kitten. Surely that picture warms your heart. If you don’t look at ...
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Internet Haters Might Be Psychopaths
Spend much time on the internet, and you’ll see that online comment sections can easily degenerate into a swirling, toxic ...
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Perfectionism Can Interfere With Seeking Psychological Help
As I’ve written about before, a desire to be perfect can bring many imperfect consequences, from insomnia to binge eating ...
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People With "Dark Triad" Personality Traits Aren't Necessarily Emotionally Cold
You might suspect that people who engage in callous or manipulative behavior would tend to be emotionally colder. Intuitively, that ...
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Who Drives Fancy Cars?
When I see someone driving a fancy car, I generally assume two things about them: They have a lot of ...
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Psychopathology (Abnormal Psychology)


 

 

DSM-5-TR Mental Disorders

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Articles Focused on Psychopathology

Modernizing Maslow's Hierarchy through the Lens of Self-Care
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) is one of the founders of Humanistic Psychology. Along with Carl Rogers (1902-1987), Maslow stressed the importance ...
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Twelve Things that Sigmund Freud Got Right
Sigmund Freud continues to be an influential figure in the field of psychology for his development of psychoanalysis, a theory ...
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We are More Lonely than Ever. Find out Why and How to Counter It.
We are more connected and more lonely than ever. And this seems to be true across sex, age, race, and ...
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Media Literacy and Modern Technology
Media Psychology Technology, including social and other forms of media, is often considered neutral - its value is determined by ...
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Doomscrolling: The Ultimate Negative Flow State and Four Ways to Counter It
First, A Little Psychology I've written before about social media use and how it can be both helpful and harmful ...
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Four Resilience Skills To Counter Depression and Unhealthy Stress
Stress Is Good Stress can be bad but it can also be good. And even when it is bad, it ...
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Is Social Media Reflecting Our Pathology or Adding to It?
Social Media and Mental Health Social media has become an open forum for discussing and sharing stories about mental health ...
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Social Media Use is Related to Both Ill-Being and Well-Being
Social media use and mental health seems to have a love/hate relationship. Brailovskaia and Margraf (2016) conducted a large study ...
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or GAD, involves excessive anxiety and worry about a number of events or activities that is out ...
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
The diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, has changed over the years as we learn more about how individuals ...
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