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Speed Dating

Speed Dating. You are to research your randomly assigned psychologist using the guide below (#1) Bring with you to class: 1. A notecard (or notecard size paper) with the essential information from your research.

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Speed Dating

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  1. Speed Dating You are to research your randomly assigned psychologist using the guide below (#1) Bring with you to class: 1. A notecard (or notecard size paper) with the essential information from your research. The psychologist’s name, details of their research and/or importance, what school of thought (cognitive, behaviorist, psychoanalytic) if appropriate, etc. Basically, its a cheat-sheet to ensure you cover all the relevant information and correctly represent yourself. 2. A prop of some kind to represent your research. For example, Phil Zimbardo who did the prison study (among many others) could bring a guy behind bars (made out of clay, a picture, a drawing) For Pavlov a stuffed dog with a jingle bell, etc.... Be creative.

  2. Stop & Look & Listen

  3. History and Approaches What do we Know about Psychology? What is Psychology?

  4. Complete Questionnaire • Please select True or False for Each Question (use what you know to the best of your ability) • How did you feel after taking the test? How well do you think you did? How did you know the information that you did?

  5. PSEUDOSCIENCE • Promises easy fixes to life’s problems and challenges • Love • Unhappiness • Get both halves of your brain working

  6. Pseudoscience

  7. NUMEROLOGY

  8. Do You Believe? Do you believe in astrology, psychics, numerology, graphology? Why or why not?

  9. FORTUNE-TELLING/PSYCHICS

  10. PSYCHIC FAILS • Sylvia Browne – most noted psychic predicated 2005- Saddam Hussein would die before his trial • Wrote of John Ritter- “Having a Virgo sun sign helps keep his career ticking” • Published hours after Ritter died of a ruptured Aorta

  11. Linda & Terry Jamison • "We are seeing terrorist attacks on federal government – excuse me, federal buildings. Particularly South Carolina or Georgia, by July 2002. And also the New York Trade Center – the World Trade Center in 2002, with something, with a terrorist attack.

  12. What is Psychology?

  13. What Fields Can A Psychologist go into?

  14. What kind of different fields can you get into with a Psych Degree? • You & a Partner will be assigned a field. • Research it (what they do, where they work) • Come up with a skit to show an example of why you would need such a psychologist • Ex: If you’re a sports psych. You can do a skit of a kid playing a sport and then something happens • Be ready to present on Friday (skit first, then explanation)

  15. Careers in Psychology

  16. Psychologist Need a doctorate graduate degree May take 4-6 years to earn a doctorate in a subfield

  17. Clinical Psychologist Diagnose and treat patients with psychological problems Day to day issues Largest number of professional psychologists

  18. Basic Research/ Experimental Psychologist Pure science or research Research for the sake of finding new information and expanding the knowledge base of psychology Conducts research in a lab

  19. Neuropsychologist Also called biological psychologists or biopsychologists Explore how the brain works Most often work in university/college settings

  20. Social Psychologist Explore how behaviors, feelings, and beliefs are influenced by others Study conformity, attitudes, leadership, prejudice, group behavior, etc. Work in the business setting, government, and universities

  21. Developmental Psychologist Study the growth or development that takes place from the womb to death Work in senior centers, hospitals, day-cares or universities

  22. Cognitive Psychologist Study thought processes including intelligence, problem solving, attention, decision making, language, etc. Work in educational settings and the business world

  23. Forensic Psychologist Apply law and psychology to legal issues Studies Actions and Motives of criminals Work in correctional settings, law enforcement, and academic settings

  24. Sports Psychologist Explore psychological issues in improving athletic performance as well as recovering from a loss or injury Work for sports teams or in private practice

  25. Educational Psychologist Study how humans learn and how to improve the learning process Search for ways to improve educational systems Memory Rewards/punishment for achievement Work in school systems, the government, or at universities

  26. PSYCHOMETRIC PSYCHOLOGIST Design and evaluate tests of mental abilities, aptitudes, interests, and personality

  27. School Psychologist Use psychology to improve the development of children in the school system Are involved in assessments (testing) Work for school systems, the government or universities

  28. Consumer Psychologist Study why people buy certain products and not others Work in the business or academic world

  29. Rehabilitation Psychologist Help those who have been involved in an accident or have been ill Work in medical rehabilitation centers

  30. Social Worker Only have an undergraduate or masters degree in psychology or social work Work to improve the lives of others Work for the government, schools, and residential facilities

  31. INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL Try to apply psychology to help business and organizations operate Behavior at theworkplace Group decision making Employee morale Work motivation Productivity Job stress Personnel selection Marketing strategies

  32. Where do Psychologists work? 36% -Academic Institutions 22% - Clinical Settings (Private Practice) 17% - Hospitals and Clinics 12% - Business and Government 6% - Counseling and Guidance Centers 5% - School Systems 1% - Other

  33. Practice Question #1 1. Martha is pursuing a career in psychology. She wants to help employees become more productive in the workplace. Which field of psychology should Martha select for school? Physiological Cognitive Educational Clinical Industrial-organizational

  34. What is Psychology?

  35. ↓Root Words↓ Psyche: the soul Ology: the study of

  36. What is psychology? The scientific study of behavior & mental processes Science: making verifiable, objective predictions Behavior: observable acts Mental Processes: storing, recalling, using info/feelings

  37. What is Psychology? • Affected by (response to) • Physical state • Mental state • External environment

  38. Hippocrates & Aristotle • Greek philosopher: Founder of modern medicine • Brain is ultimate source of (feelings such as pleasure and pain (Biological perspective) - Use senses to get information - Use information to solve problems - motivated to act in good or bad ways

  39. Historical Origins of Psychology • Rene Descartes • True knowledge comes through reasoning • Heredity provides individuals with inborn knowledge and abilities and we use this to reason • We are to doubt everything – that’s the only way we can be certain about anything • I think, therefore I am (because we think, we exist)

  40. Historical Origins of Psychology • John Locke • Saw the mind as receptive and passive, with its main goal as sensing and perceiving • Tabula rasa – we are born as a blank slate, • everything we know is learned

  41. Who’s Right????

  42. Practice Question #2 1. Which of the following characterizes a behavioral approach to psychology? A study of the unconscious motives involved in behavior An introspective study of mental imagery used in problem solving An analysis of the neurons involved in memory storage The use of a projective test to assess personality A study of how reinforcement affects learning

  43. Psychological Perspectives Why is a person the way they are? Depends on who you ask… I’m gonna need 6 participants 

  44. The Blind Men & The Elephant

  45. The Father of Psychology Wilhelm Wundt • Opened 1stPsychology lab (1879) • - Germany • Est. Psych as a Science • - lab experiments • - empirical evidence

  46. Could you hang with Wilheim Wundt? Wilhelm Wundt’s Volunteers had to make 10,000 practice observations about themselves before considered for studies Come up with 50 observations about thoughts, sensations, images, and feelings. 5 minutes Who thinks they can do more? Nothing can be repeated

  47. The Father of Psychology Wilhelm Wundt Focus on consciousness consciousness could be broken down (or reduced) to its basic elements Introspection Self-observation: ‘seeing’ mental processes in immediate experience record thoughts, sensations, feeling, and images and to analyze them when you are experiencing something Reactions to simple stimuli

  48. The First Schools of Psychology Structuralism (what happened, what is there) sensation & perception and breaking those down into minute detail Edward Bradford Titchner (Wundt’s student) Three basic mental elements Images, feelings & sensations Introspection Wanted to understand the structural elements of the mind (FEELING) a. Mind operates by combining subjective emotions and objective sensations

  49. The First Schools of Psychology Functionalism 1890 (how and why did it happen) Applying Darwin’s theory of natural selection to mental processes (what was the purpose of thinking?) William James (Father of American Psychology) How and why (purpose) of behavior The nose is structured to smell, but why do we need the nose to smell?? What’s its function?

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