Introducing the Diploma in Modern Applied Psychology 
 
Course Structure & Overview 
 
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Course Support and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 
 
Exploring the Greater Questions of Life 
 
Psychological Flexibility & Rigidity 
 
The Purpose of Modern Applied Psychology 
 
A Guide to Developing Critical Thinking 
 
Developing a Healthy Mindset for Reflective Study 
 
The Three Levels of Knowing 
 
Exploring Various Psychological Perspectives 
 
Early History of Psychological Thought 
 
The Basis of Aristotelian Ethics 
 
The Roots of Enlightenment & Human Awareness 
 
A Reasoning Soul in the Machine 
 
The five Different Levels of Human Experience 
 
Become the Self Which One Truly Is 
 
An Exercise for Existential Thinking 
 
Contemplating the Meaning of Life Part 1 
 
Contemplating the Meaning of Life Part 2 
 
Structuralism: The Beginnings of Psychological Study 
 
Functionalism: The Evolutionary Process of Thought 
 
Psychological Thought: The Seven Primary Schools 
 
Can Psychology be Regarded as an Empirical Science? 
 
Introducing the Behavioral Psychology Section 
 
The 'Monkey See-Monkey Do' Effect 
 
Questions for Self-Reflection 
 
The Behavioral Socialization Process 
 
The Three Main Types of Behavioral Conditioning 
 
Pavlovian Psychology & Classical Conditioning 
 
The Formation of Memories & Behavioral Responses 
 
Associated Learning & Behavioral Responses 
 
Symbolic Representations (The Structure of…) 
 
Operant Conditioning and the Behavior of Organisms 
 
Operant Conditioning: Further Distinctions 
 
Questions for Self-Reflection 
 
Behaviorism: The Three Forms of Social Learning 
 
The Pygmalion Effect (Self Fulfilling Prophecy) 
 
Frankl Logotherapy and Man's Search for Meaning 
 
The Stimulus-Response Quadrant 
 
IKIGAI: Your Reason For Being 
 
Albert Ellis' Fourteen IRRATIONAL Beliefs (Part 1) 
 
Albert Ellis' Fourteen IRRATIONAL Beliefs (Part 2) 
 
What Restrictions are there on the Mind’s Capacity to Learn? 
 
What is the Relationship Between Perception and Behavior? 
 
Psychoanalysis as a Conceptual Model of the World 
 
The Iceberg Model of Sigmund Freud 
 
How Limiting Beliefs Are Constructed 
 
Looking Inside: A Stimulus for Introspection 
 
Freud's ID Ego & Superego 
 
Freud's ID Ego & Superego: Further Distinctions 
 
A Psychoanalytically Focused Discussion 
 
Deconstructing The Psychoanalytically Focused Discussion 
 
Learning to Eliminate the Unconscious Facade 
 
The Johari Window: Model of Personal Insight 
 
Tying Everything Together So Far 
 
Making Wise Choices of Maturity and Character 
 
Self-Esteem - Versus - Self-Concept 
 
The Timeline of Belief Development 
 
The Defence Mechanisms of Anna Freud 
 
An Analysis of Irresponsibility Strategies (Defence Mechanisms) 
 
Relationship Habits: Transference and Counter-Transference 
 
Demonstrating Transference and Countertransference 
 
Neisser's Five Levels of Self-Awareness 
 
The Evaluative Process of Psychoanalysis 
 
Introducing the Developmental Psychology Section 
 
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development 
 
Kohlberg's Five Stages of Moral Development 
 
Erikson's Eight Stages of Human Development (Part 1) 
 
Erikson's Eight Stages of Human Development (Part 2) 
 
Questions to Evaluate our Ongoing Development 
 
The H. Eysenck Model of Personality & Development (Part 1) 
 
The H. Eysenck Model of Personality & Development (Part 2) 
 
Questions To Reflect Upon Your Own Personality 
 
Further Distinctions: Transference & Counter-Transference 
 
The 12 Jungian Archetypes/ Ego Types (Part 1) 
 
The 12 Jungian Archetypes/ Ego Types (Part 2) 
 
Visiting Transference & Counter-Transference Once Again 
 
The 12 Jungian Archetypes Workbook 
 
Presuppositions of Developmental Thinkers (Part 1) 
 
Presuppositions of Developmental Thinkers (Part 2) 
 
The Four Domains of Developmental Intelligence 
 
The Kain Ramsay ‘Core Identity’ Model 
 
Core Identity...Then What? 
 
The Collective Unconscious: by Carl Jung 
 
The Six Levels of Conscious Awareness 
 
The Eight Stages of Human Connection 
 
Kubler Ross Change Curve for Growth and Development 
 
The Kubler Ross Change Curve: Further Distinctions 
 
The Multiple Expressions of Intelligence 
 
Fixed - Vs - Growth Mindset 
 
End of Section Four Summary & Wrap-Up 
 
Introduction to the Cognitive School of Thought 
 
Understanding the Human Cognitive Experience 
 
The Four Levels of Human Communication 
 
Dialogue: "A Conversation On Marriage" 
 
According to the Pattern of Human Behaviour 
 
The Human Experiential Model 
 
Circle of Concern - Versus - Circle of Control 
 
The Karpman ‘Victim’ Drama Triangle 
 
The Purpose of Cognitive Psychology 
 
Albert Ellis' Barriers to Effective Listening 
 
Noam Chomsky's Cognitive Biases 
 
Daniel Kahneman's Cognitive Biases 
 
Six Steps to Facilitate Cognitive Change 
 
Demonstration: Six Steps to Facilitate Cognitive Change 
 
Fifteen Common Cognitive Distortions (Part 1) 
 
Fifteen Common Cognitive Distortions (Part 2) 
 
Investigating Perceptual Positions 
 
Demonstration: Perceptual Positions 
 
The ABC of Cognitive Psychology 
 
Defining the Actual Cause of the Effect 
 
Demonstration: Defining the True Cause of an Effect 
 
The ABCD & E's of CBT (and REBT) 
 
The Socratic Questioning Process 
 
Demonstration: The Socratic Questioning Process 
 
End of Section Five Summary & Wrap-Up 
 
Introducing Section Six: The Humanistic School of Thought 
 
Humanistic Philosophy in Perspective 
 
Eric Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis Part 1 
 
Eric Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis Part 2 
 
Developing an Understanding of the ‘Self’ 
 
The Exploration of Self-Concept 
 
The Characteristics of a Fully Functioning Person (Part 1) 
 
The Characteristics of a Fully Functioning Person (Part 2) 
 
Discussion: Becoming A Fully Functioning Person 
 
The Core Conditions for Effective Therapeutic Interventions 
 
Nineteen Propositions Underpinning Carl Rogers' Theory (Part 1) 
 
Nineteen Propositions Underpinning Carl Rogers' Theory Part 2 
 
Nineteen Propositions Underpinning Carl Rogers' Theory Part 3 
 
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 
 
Characteristics of a Self-Actualised Person (Part 1) 
 
Characteristics of a Self-Actualised Person (Part 2) 
 
Adapted Version of Maslow's Hierarchy 
 
Humanistic Thinking: Self-Reflection Questions 
 
The 'Good Enough' Principle 
 
The Relationship Between Goals Fears and Values 
 
Shwartz Theory of Basic Human Values (Part 1) 
 
Shwartz Theory of Basic Human Values (Part 2) 
 
Shwartz Theory of Basic Human Values: Further Distinctions 
 
The Humanistic Human Givens Approach (Part 1) 
 
The Humanistic Human Givens Approach (Part 2) 
 
The Spider Web of Human Values (Part 1) 
 
The Spider Web of Core Human Values (Part 2) 
 
The Achology Core Values Workbook 
 
Evaluation of Humanistic Psychology and Section 6 Summary 
 
Introducing the School of Social Psychology (and Influence) 
 
The Main Questions in Social Psychology 
 
The Social Psychological Perspective 
 
Questions for Psychologically Social Thinking 
 
Socio-Cultural Learning (Part 1) 
 
Socio-Cultural Learning (Part 2) 
 
How Confirmation Bias Works 
 
Exercise: Become A Social Psychologist 
 
The Scales of Hypocrisy and Discrimination 
 
Factors That Determine How We Judge People 
 
The Hierarchy of Discrimination and Intolerance (Part 1) 
 
The Hierarchy of Discrimination and Intolerance (Part 2) 
 
The Choice Theory of William Glasser 
 
An Overview of Attribution Theory 
 
The Scale of Social Conformity 
 
Conformity and Obedience Research 
 
Stanley Milgram's Agency Theory 
 
Different Types of Social Conformity 
 
The ‘Influence of Minority’ Groups 
 
The ‘Elaboration and Likelihood’ Model 
 
In What Ways Are You Socially Influenced? 
 
The Levels of Relatability 
 
The Individual Inside of Social Structure (Part 1) 
 
The Individual Inside of Social Structure (Part 2) 
 
The Purpose of Modern Applied Psychology 
 
Identifying Opportunities for Personal Growth 
 
Evaluating Social Psychology & End of Section Summary