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Intro to Psychology

Intro to Psychology. Its Roots, Big Ideas, and Critical Thinking Tools. Roots of Psychology. People Question “Who are we?”, “Why do we think and feel and act as we do?” How do we understand those around us ? We attempt to answer through scientific studies. Psychology is born.

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Intro to Psychology

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  1. Intro to Psychology Its Roots, Big Ideas, and Critical Thinking Tools

  2. Roots of Psychology People Question “Who are we?”, “Why do we think and feel and act as we do?” How do we understand those around us? We attempt to answer through scientific studies

  3. Psychology is born Wilhelm Wundt 1879 attempts to test the “atoms of the mind”

  4. Development as a discipline The study of observable behavior Freudian psychology – the unconscious mind and sexual conflicts Humanistic psychology – personal growth, love, acceptance Cognitive psychology – brain processes

  5. Psychology Today Defined as study of behavior and mental processes Behavior: biking, smiling, talking, etc. Mental processes: thoughts, beliefs, feelings

  6. In the realm of Social Sciences Sociology: the study of human society History: the study of past events Economics: the study of the transfer of wealth Anthropology: the study of human beings and their ancestors/ culture through time Geography: the study of physical features of the earth Political Science: the study of government structures

  7. Perspective • A way something is viewed • Psychology is led by certain perspectives • Neuroscience: connection of body and mind • Evolutionary: natural selection effects human behavior • Behavior genetics: how our genes effect behavior • Psychodynamic: behavior due to unconscious • Behavioral: how we learn to act • Cognitive: how we encode, process, store info • Socio-cultural: how behavior varies across cultures

  8. 4 Big Ideas Critical Thinking is Smart Thinking Behavior = biopsychosocial We operate on a two tack mind which we call Dual Processing (conscious + unconscious) Psychology explores human strengths and challenges

  9. Why do Psychology? • Hindsight Bias: the I knew it all along phenomena • How do you feel about oil drilling?

  10. What was your response to the Gulf oil spill?

  11. Why do Psychology? Overconfidence: we tend to be overconfident

  12. How long would it take you to unscramble these words • TOCORD Doctor • HSOLOC  School • SLACS  Class

  13. TOCORD HSOLOC SLACA

  14. Why do psychology? Scientific inquiry can help sift reality from illusion We will better understand our environment, ourselves, and our world Must be curious to ask questions, skepticism to not believe everything, and humility that we may be wrong

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