Background
Core curriculum related to psychology
●principles and history | ●research methods | ●learning |
●cognition | ●perception | ●development |
●education | ●social (psychology) | ●emotion |
●personality | ●clinical (psychology) | ●disorder |
●nervous function | ●physiology | ●statistics |
●measurement and assessment | ●industry | ●organization |
●health | ●welfare | ●crime and justice |
●delinquency | ●evolution | ●heredity |
●environment | ●culture | ●behavioral economics |
Area of psychology | Context |
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Psychology of learning | The process of learning (acquisition of behavior) in humans and animals |
Cognitive psychology | Mental processes: (for example) thinking, language, memory, and imaging. |
Perceptual psychology | The sensory process and the use of perceptual organs to deal with external information |
Developmental psychology | The laws of development; mind/body formation and growth |
Social psychology | The general social behavior of humans |
Personality psychology | The characteristics of personality, motivation, and individual differences |
Clinical psychology | Psychological assistance and prevention of psychological and behavioral disorders |
Neuropsychology | The relationship between the nervous system (especially the brain) and mental functioning (especially language and cognition) |
Psychophysiology | The relationship between behavior and physiological mechanisms |
Industrial and organizational psychology | The organizational behaviors of humans in the context of interactions between individuals and the surrounding organizational environment |
Health psychology | Application of psychological knowledge in the management of chronic diseases, identification of behavioral factors influencing disease, disease prevention and rehabilitation, and the maintenance and promotion of health behaviors |
Cultural psychology | The interactions between culture and human behaviors |
Lecture theme | Lecture keywords and training methods | Related areas of psychology |
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1. Shaping | • Imprinting • Classical (respondent) conditioning • Operant (instrumental) conditioning • Cognitive learning • Social learning (observation and imitation) • Brain neurotransmitters | Learning, cognition, nervous function, physiology, society |
2. Motivation | • Motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic) • Needs • Frustration • Conflict • Adjustment mechanisms • Defense mechanisms | Education, practice, health |
3. Stress (psychological) | • Stressors • Stress reactions • Psychological models of stress • Cognitive appraisal • Coping • Life events • Relaxation techniques | Practice, physiology, health |
4. Stress (environmental) and health | • Workplace stress • Other kinds of stress (childhood stress, parenting stress, etc.) • Stress management • Social support | Practice, development, industry, organization, health |
5. Life-span development | • Mental development • Life cycle • Gene-environment interaction • Life tasks | Development, heredity |
6. Individual differences | • Personality • Type theory • Trait theory • The Big Five • Intelligence • Role theory • Gender | Personality, development, society |
7. Interpersonal relationships | • Interpersonal cognition • Needs and conflict • Group dynamics • Social adjustment • Interpersonal communication • Culture | Society, culture |
8. Theories of behavioral modification | • Motivation • Behavioral therapy • Cognitive behavioral therapy • Stimulus control • Self-efficacy • Multiple-theory integration model • Empowerment | Learning, cognition, practice, health |
9. Behavior modification techniques | • Lifestyle guidance • Health guidance (smoking cessation/medication/counseling) • Teaching and coaching | Learning, cognition, education, practice, health |
10. Health communication | • Dissemination of public health and medical information (guidelines, participation in medical examinations) • Doctor-patient communication • Communication between medical practitioners | Society, health |
11. Society and health | • Inequality and health • Social capital • Social participation • Social epidemiology • Social determinants of health • Cultural competence | Society, health, culture |
12–15. Seminars/ practicums | Proposals for actual treatment strategies and role-plays based on medical scenarios | Practice, health |