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Introduction to Psychology

Introduction to Psychology . Dr. Colarelli. Overview of the Day . Course Objectives Go over Syllabus Lectures, quizzes, papers, your grade, web page, TA First Lecture: A Brief History of Psychology and Psychological Perspectives. Course Objectives. This is a Survey Course

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Introduction to Psychology

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  1. Introduction to Psychology Dr. Colarelli

  2. Overview of the Day • Course Objectives • Go over Syllabus • Lectures, quizzes, papers, your grade, web page, TA • First Lecture: A Brief History of Psychology and Psychological Perspectives

  3. Course Objectives • This is a Survey Course • Introduce you to basic ideas in the major areas of psychology (more breadth than depth) • One topic in depth (your paper) • General knowledge of major perspectives, theories, and methodologies in psychology • Basic knowledge of what influences human thought, behavior, and emotions

  4. Key Elements of the Syllabus • Course outline • Weekly quizzes • Term paper • Reaction papers • Extra credit • Attendance, participation, and courtesy • Your grade in the course

  5. Questions about the Syllabus • Read it over • Pair up with person sitting next to you • Together, write down five questions about the syllabus

  6. Lectures • This week • Lectures today and Friday • Remaining Weeks • Lectures on Monday and Wednesday • If you miss a lecture: • Exchange phone numbers or email addresses with person sitting next to you and contact them for notes

  7. Quizzes • Quiz 1 • At Testing Center anytime on next M,T,W (covers this week’s lectures and readings) • All other quizzes • At Testing Center usually on Friday • Quizzes cover readings and material from that week only

  8. Quizzes • Multiple choice, each worth 10 points • 20 regular questions (worth 1/2 point each) • Several extra credit questions • Examples • you get 20 regular and 4 extra credit questions correct: your score is 12 • you get 15 regular and 1 extra credit questions correct: your score is 8

  9. Quizzes • Study questions for each quiz are on the course web page • Only your best 10 quizzes count • We drop your lowest 5 quiz scores • Quizzes count toward 50% of your grade • Sorry, no make-ups : ( • If you miss a quiz (for whatever reason, count it as one of the five you drop)

  10. Papers • Two Reaction papers and one Term paper • See instructions and due dates on • They count toward 50% of your grade: So do a good job • Papers with any plagiarized parts receive 0 points (which may mean an E for the course)

  11. Final Grade in the Class • 50% quizzes (up to 100 points, plus any extra credit over 100) • 50% reaction and term papers (worth up to 100 points) • Extra credit • up to 20 points for participation in experiments (up to four experiments, 5 points each) • Discourteous behavior in class (you can lose up to 25 points for rudeness in class)

  12. Psychology • What is psychology? • The science of behavior and mental activity • What characterizes modern psychology? • Scientific of behavior and mental activity • theory: conceptual schemes for organizing facts • empirical: data and facts

  13. Web Page • www.chsbs.cmich.edu/psy/Stephen_Colarelli • Click on Introduction to Psychology for: • Study questions for quizzes • Announcements • Copy of syllabus (in case you lose yours)

  14. Teaching Assistant • Will help you with: • study tips • paper ideas and critiques of drafts • Available • office hours: to be determined and by appointment

  15. When Was Modern Psychology Established and By Whom? • 1879 in Germany • Wihelm Wundt established the first psychology laboratory

  16. William James 1900 Sigmund Freud 1900-1930s + John Watson Edward Tolman Instincts, Introspection 1900 Unconscious motives 1920s-1030s+ Behaviorism 1920s-1960s Cognition 1940s-1990s Historical Figures

  17. Donald Hebb Jean Piaget John Tooby, Leda Cosmides Biology of the brain 1950s-present Developmental stages 1950s-present Evolved psychological mechanisms 1980s to present Historical Figures

  18. Psychological Perspectives: What Makes us Tick? • Psychoanalysis--the unconscious • Behaviorism--environmental contingencies • Cognitive--what we think and remember • Biological--neurons, brain chemistry • Socio-cultural--role expectations • Evolutionary--evolved psychological mechanisms

  19. Clinical Social/Personality Experimental Educational Developmental Industrial/Organiza-tional Any type of psychologist can use one or more perspectives Types of Psychologists

  20. Summary • Course objectives and syllabus • Quizzes, term paper, final grade • Definition of psychology • Historical figures in psychology • Perspectives in psychology • Types of psychologists

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