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What is Psychology 100?

What is Psychology 100?. Who are you ? Who are we ? Of what use is PSY100 to you? Where do we go from here? How to do well in PSY100?. PSY 100Y : full -course. or…. PSY 101H : half -course reserved solely (by special permission) for some of the students in the Neuroscience Program

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What is Psychology 100?

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  1. What is Psychology 100? • Who are you? Who are we? • Of what use is PSY100 to you? • Where do we go from here? • How to do well in PSY100?

  2. PSY 100Y: full-course or… • PSY 101H: half-course reserved solely (by special permission) for some of the students in the Neuroscience Program • Pre- or Co-requisites: • BIO 150Y • CHM 138H • MAT 135Y • PHY 110Y/138Y

  3. Professor: A. Martin Wall Instructors: Linda Murphy-Boyer Amy Dalton Administrative Assistant: Dorothée Potter Technician: Kamran Bozorgmeher Who are “we”? Plus many others...

  4. 1. The PSY100 Web site: www.psych.utoronto.ca/~psy100 2. The PSY100 Instruction Centre (SS4042) (during office hours) How to connect with PSY100 staff:

  5. Tuesday 11-12 Thursday 11-12 Wednesday 6-7 Wednesday 7-8 Day and Evening Sections

  6. ... bring in food or drink. ... place recording devices on stage. ... have your cell phone on. Do ...  … sit where view of screens is clear.  ... show civility and consideration. What are the “Rules of Conduct” in Con. Hall? Don’t ...

  7. 1. Definitely required: Wall et. al.PSY100 Handbook (contains the course outline) Gleitman et. al. Psychology (5th Ed.) 2. Strongly recommended: What are the Course Readings? (available at the U of T Bookstore) Study Guideto accompany Gleitman et. al. (Learning-Objectives questions)

  8. Texts Lectures What are the sources of material for tests?

  9. What are the components of your final grade in PSY100?

  10. How have past students viewed PSY100? Excerpt from a previous year’s ASSU Anti-Calendar, describing students’ responses to PSY100: “…Tests were considered difficult and challenging and required intense knowledge of the course material. Many found the amount of reading material to be large…The website was a useful addition to the course, and students liked the on-line tutorials.”

  11. Behavior : • Observable actions of an individual person (or animal) Mental Processes : Sensations, perceptions, memories, thoughts, and other subjective experiences What is Psychology as a discipline? A science of behavior and mental processes.

  12. Psych(e)- from Greek for soul, spirit, self, or life -ology a branch of knowledge What is the etymology of the word “Psychology”? Psych - ology

  13. The study of psychology The brain and behaviour Motivation Learning PSY100 Fall Term: Term Test I October 23 Mental processes Term Test II December 4 Perception Memory Thinking Language PSY100 Spring Term: Research Methods Social factors Development Individual differences Term Test III February 26 Intelligence Personality Final Exam (including everything)April-May Psychopathology

  14. Psychopathology Brain and Behavior Personality Intelligence Motivation Learning Development Social Psychology Perception Research Methods Memory Thought and Language 12 1 11 2 10 Psychology 100 Clock 3 9 8 4 7 5 6

  15. 900 34.6, or about 35 26 How will you manage your reading schedule for PSY100? 1. About how many pages are there in the Gleitman text? 900 2. How many weeks are there in the term? 26 3. What is the average number of pages per week?

  16. What should one get out of Chapter 1 in Gleitman? • …To be able to describe the range of phenomena that psychologists consider. According to Gleitman, how does the study of dreams help to show this range? • …To be able to discuss what Gleitman considers to be the main purpose(s) of psychology.

  17. How will you be able to excel in PSY100? • Determinants of success -- • Resources for you in PSY100 • Using the PSY100 web site

  18. Five factors that have distinguished the higher performers from the lower performers in PSY100: • Adapting to the university culture • Using effective time management • Developing appropriate methods of study • Distinguishing between “process” and “product” in lectures • Exploiting available resources

  19. Some tips from successful senior students: • Realize that high school behaviors are not appropriate university behaviors. • Realize that study habits that work in high school can spell disaster here. • Treat your instructors as professionals. • Expect to be treated as professionals. • Determine your own career path—leave your parents at HOME. • Take a proactive approach to enhancing your academic skills. • Manage your time—what you do in the first six weeks of class will largely determine your success or failure. • Take responsibility for your own successes and failures and expect a little of both. • Understand that professors think you came to learn. That’s why they act the way they do.

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