(Podcast) Introduction to Psychology

Episode 3 explores sensation and perception. It explains how we use our senses (e.g. sight, smell, taste, touch, sound) to perceive the world around us.

Episode 7 examines thinking, intelligence and language.

Episode 10 introduces the field of social psychology. It discusses social influence, social cognition, prejudice, interpersonal attraction, aggression and pro-social behaviour.

Episode 1 begins with a discussion on the basic history of psychology, approaches to psychology and ethics of psychological research.

Episode 2 introduces the field of biological psychology. It describes the link between psychology and our biological systems (e.g. the central nervous system, brain, and endocrine glands).

Episode 4 discusses the subject of consciousness. Various states of consciousness are discussed such as sleep, dreams, hypnosis and altered states of consciousness induced by psychoactive drugs.

Episode 5 examines what is learning and how we learn.

Episode 6 explores memory. It describes models of memory, long term memory, and the physical aspects of memory.

Episode 8 introduces the field of developmental psychology. It discusses issues in human development from conception to old age.

Episode 9 examines motivation and emotion.