8 Things Everyone Should Know About Psychology

Psychology is a huge field, and psychologists have spent whole careers trying to understand it. But if you don’t have that kind of time, we can get you started. Here are eight things you should know about psychology.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:26 - What is psychology?
2:15 - Is Sigmund Freud still important?
5:00 - What’s in the big book of mental disorders (the DSM)?
6:49 - What’s the difference between therapy, psychiatry, and psychology?
8:20 - What’s the difference between clinical psychology and experimental psychology?
9:51 - Can we trust psychology research methods?
12:44 - Are all psychology experiments unethical?
13:52 - Should I take a psychology course?
14:28 - Conclusion
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[meenakshi]

I loved this video. It discusses the problems with older psychological research very clearly. At the same time it gives hope regarding future research. Above all it explains how the results of psychological research, like all research, need to be interpreted keeping the context in mind.

[colinchorley]

Thank you, really enjoyed watching and understanding this, so true. Could you please do a talk on C.G.Jung?

[trevinbeattie]

I like the idea that the US as a whole is WEIRD. I’ll need to find a way to bring that up in, shall we say non-psychology conversations. :D

[aaronwindham]

I have always hated Sigmund Freud, I've taken a couple psychology classes recently for college and he is a whack job. We give him deity status in modern psychology for Western thinking. I really wish we could rebranch and rebrand