Crash Course Psychology - Season 1

First aired: 2/4/2014 4 episodes
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Episodes

1. Intro to Psychology: Crash Course Psychology #1

Aired: 2/4/2014

What does Psychology mean? Where does it come from? Hank gives you a 10-minute intro to one of the more tricky sciences and talks about some of the big names in the development of the field. Welcome to Crash Course Psychology!!!

2. Psychological Research: Crash Course Psychology #2

Aired: 2/11/2014

So how do we apply the scientific method to psychological research? Lots of ways, but today Hank talks about case studies, naturalistic observation, surveys and interviews, and experimentation. Also, he covers different kinds of bias in experimentation and how research practices help us avoid them.

3. The Chemical Mind: Crash Course Psychology #3

Aired: 2/18/2014

BAHHHHHH! Did I scare you? What exactly happens when we get scared? How does our brain make our body react? Just what are Neurotransmitters? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank takes us to the simplest part of the complex system of our brains and nervous systems: the neuron.

40. Aggression vs. Altruism: Crash Course Psychology #40

Aired: 11/25/2014

In our final episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank discusses the ideas of Aggression and Altruism. These two things are difficult to understand and explain so sit tight and get ready to run the gauntlet of human emotions.