Culture imprints itself on our brains through the process of socialization. Investigate the insights that sociology provides—from the 19th-century founder of the discipline, Auguste Comte, to Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, and Emile Durkheim, who suggested that crime has an unappreciated positive role in society.
Various perspectives are offered by leading sociologists for understanding the complex interplay of individuals, groups and relationships in society, and how they provide a context for living and a roadmap for understanding life's limitations... and possibilities.
The quest to understand human behavior inspired researchers to study the mind. Investigate the theories of Sigmund Freud, who gave the world a new vocabulary, including concepts like ego, id, and superego. Learn how Freud's legacy has been especially enduring in the horror film genre.
Find out what parts of the brain process pleasure, self-control, and craving, and see how the psychology and neuroscience of reward processing converge.
Five researchers (Elyn Saks, Stephen Kosslyn, Patricia Churchland, and Nita Farahany) and professional tennis player Janko Tipsarevic explore how psychology is relevant to, and overlaps with various aspects of everyday life, from sports psychology to mental illness to how we can learn better.
A documentary that investigates the psychological effects of everyday social media use while exploring how our influencers deal with the fame, money, hate, and obsession that comes with it.
Begin your introduction to a relatively new field, revealing the science behind the most appropriate cognitive and physical practices leading to top performance.
Explore the pivotal role stress hormones play in depression. Then, use your newfound knowledge of stress to knit together the psychological and biological models of depression.
