Joseph Vollaro, PhD

 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Develop and use the scientific perspective in dealing with the content of psychology.

2. Understand and be able to demonstrate the value of psychology as an aid to personal growth

3. Identify the general value of psychology for those wishing to pursue a career in the social sciences.

4. Identify the fundamental terms in psychology.

5. Define terms and concepts in the different aspects of human behavior on the following levels: biological, emotional, and psychological. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section

• PSY 101 92671 Fall 2018

• PSY 101H 90155 Fall 2018

 

Initial Reading for Paper (https://thebestschools.org/savvy-students/guide-to-student-loans/)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSY 101 Videos

• Classification and Diagnosis & Definition of Disorders

• 5 experiments you could not do today

• Milgram Experiment

• Research methods in psychology

• Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory on Instincts: Motivation, Personality and Development

• Classic Conditioning and Operant Conditioning 

• Humanistic Theory

• Humanism Facts

• Cognitive and Behavioral Theory

• Cognitive Processes

• What is CBT? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy explained:

• The Brain: A Secret History - Emotions; Bandura Bobo Doll Experiment

• Psychology 101 - Biological Bases of Behaviour 

• How Does the Brain Work?

• Neuroplasticity

• Why Scientists are still fascinated with Phineas Gage

• Frontal Lobe Deficiencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power Point slides

 

• Introduction to Psychology 

• Research and Psychology

• Psychoanalytic Theory

• Learning Theory: Behaviorism and Behavioral treatment 

• Humanism

• Cognitive Theory

• The Biological Basis of Behavior 

• Behaviorism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Links

• Abraham Maslow and the Hierarchy of Needs

• Albert Bandua

• APA

• APA Careers in Psychology

• APA Graduate School

• All About APA Format

• A Behaviorism Summary

• A Freud Summary

• A Students Guide to Careers in the Helping Profession

• Carl Rogers: Rogerian Theory and Therapy 

• Cognitive vs. Behavioral Theory

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy”

• College Resources for Students with Disabilities

• Conditioned Emotional Reactions (Watson & Raynor, 1920)

• Dr. Vollaro’s Abnormal Psychology page

• “Frontal Lobe Deficiencies”

• Humanistic Theory and Treatment

• History of Cognitive Psychology

• Jean Piaget

• Neuropsychoanalysis

• Suffolk Community College Human Services Degree Program

• Suicide and Depression Awareness

• The Brain: A Secret History - Emotions; Bandura Bobo Doll Experiment”

• “The Curious Case of Phineas Gage”​

• The Skinner Box

 

 

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