Category Archives: Psychanalyse / psychologie

La fabrique des imposteurs

“L’imposteur est aujourd’hui dans nos sociétés comme un poisson dans l’eau : faire prévaloir la forme sur le fond, valoriser les moyens plutôt que les fins, se fier à l’apparence et à la réputation plutôt qu’au travail et à la probité, préférer l’audience au mérite”. Invité de l’Université de Nantes, le psychanalyste et professeur émérite et psychopathologie Roland Gori est revenu sur les idées fortes de son dernier ouvrage “La Fabrique des imposteurs”.

La biologie de l’attachement

La théorie de l’attachement est un champ de la psychologie qui traite des relations entre êtres humains. Boris Cyrulnik tente dans cette conférence une approche pluridisciplinaire de cette théorie, qui intègre des données biologiques, affectives, psychologiques, sociales et culturelles. Nous verrons comment est née la théorie de l’attachement au XXème siècle et l’état des recherches actuelles.

Psychologie sociale

Scheduled to begin July 14, 2014, Social Psychology will feature a fresh line-up of special events, guest experts, and material intended to delight psychology lovers around the world.

Course Description from Professor Plous:

Each of us is dealt a different hand in life, but we all face similar questions when it comes to human behavior: What leads us to like one person and dislike another? How do conflicts and prejudices develop, and how can they be reduced? Can psychological research help protect the environment, and if so, how? This course offers an introduction to classic and contemporary social psychology, covering topics such as decision making, persuasion, group behavior, personal attraction, and factors that promote health and well-being.

Our focus will be on surprising, entertaining, and intriguing research findings that are easy to apply in daily life. As part of this focus, several homework assignments will encourage you to experiment with your life, observe the results, and analyze what took place. The course will also draw from the web sites of Social Psychology Network, the world’s largest online community devoted to social psychology. I hope you’ll join me for this course, have fun, and learn some useful information that enriches your life!

La perception visuelle et le cerveau

The course will consider how what we see is generated by the visual system, and what visual perception indicates about how the brain works. The evidence will be drawn from neuroscience, psychology, science history and philosophy. Although the discussions will be informed by visual system anatomy and physiology, the focus is on perception.

Du 8 septembre au 10 novembre 2014
8 semaines d’apprentissage
3-4 heures de travail / semaine
Anglais / soustitres

Comprendre les mécanismes de la créativité

À travers ce parcours, vous vous familiariserez avec la notion de créativité et ses différentes définitions et découvrirez que vous aussi, vous pouvez être quelqu’un de créatif. Vous apprendrez qu’il s’agit d’un concept bien plus complexe qu’il n’y paraît. Parcourir les différents courants de la créativité vous permettra de mieux comprendre le processus créatif d’un point de vue cognitif et social. Une description des deux types de pensée existant chez l’être humain, vous permettra de comprendre la logique d’enchaînement des idées.

The Science of Happiness

Les cours commencent en Septembre 2014!

The first MOOC to teach positive psychology. Learn science-based principles and practices for a happy, meaningful life.

We all want to be happy, and there are countless ideas about what happiness is and how we can get some. But not many of those ideas are based on science. That’s where this course comes in.

“The Science of Happiness” is the first MOOC to teach the ground-breaking science of positive psychology, which explores the roots of a happy and meaningful life. Students will engage with some of the most provocative and practical lessons from this science, discovering how cutting-edge research can be applied to their own lives. Created by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, the course will zero in on a fundamental finding from positive psychology: that happiness is inextricably linked to having strong social connections and contributing to something bigger than yourself—the greater good. Students will learn about the cross-disciplinary research supporting this view, spanning the fields of psychology, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and beyond.

What’s more, “The Science of Happiness” will offer students practical strategies for nurturing their own happiness. Research suggests that up to 40 percent of happiness depends on our habits and activities. So each week, students will learn a new research-tested practice that fosters social and emotional well-being—and the course will help them track their progress along the way.

The course’s co-instructors, Dacher Keltner and Emiliana Simon-Thomas, are not only leading authorities on positive psychology but also gifted teachers skilled at making science feel fun and personal. They’ll be joined by world-renowned experts discussing themes like empathy, mindfulness, and gratitude—experts including Rick Hanson, Barbara Fredrickson, Paul Ekman, Sonja Lyubomirsky, and Jon Kabat-Zinn. Health professionals who register can earn continuing education units for their participation.