WELCOME Welcome to Introductory Psychology Dr Shawn Doherty First A quiz For the following questions please answer them to the best of your ability Base your answer on what you would do MOST of the time where appropriate A quiz 1 What are you the most passionate about A quiz 2 What is your biggest pet peeve A quiz 3 What do you think is your biggest challenge in life right now A quiz 4 What is your biggest fear A quiz 5a When you re driving and you reach a parking lot do you wait for someone to leave a spot near the store or do you take the next available spot 5b How long are you wiling to wait for a spot A quiz 6 You need to catch a bus or a subway car if you d prefer Are you more frustrated if you miss it by 5 seconds and can see it pulling away or missing it by 5 minutes and know you had no chance of catching it A quiz 7 What color is this dress A quiz 8 Is everything that we see captured by the eye and can therefore be recalled later exactly as we experienced it A quiz 9 Do we only use 10 of our brains A quiz 10 Do you have something your body can do that other people s can t If so what is it E g roll your tongue A quiz 11 Can you realize that you re in a dream while you re asleep and change the nature of your dream A quiz 12 Is there some specific food type that you get ill just looking at when you see it A quiz 13 Are you left brained or right brained Why A quiz 14 What is your earliest childhood memory A quiz 15 Remember this picture A quiz 16 Are you smarter than the average college student 17 What does the following text say A quiz My favorite superhero is The Flash A quiz Think carefully for this one 18a Do you act differently with your family than when you re with you friends 18b Do you act differently if you re online than when you re with someone in person 18c Do you act differently if you re anonymous than when you know someone is watching A quiz 19 Answer the following question after watching this video https www youtube com watch v qNBzwwLiOUc If a card shows an even number on one face then its opposite face is blue 5 8 There is always a number on one side and a color on the other Select those cards that you definitely need to turn over to find out whether or not they violate the rule A quiz 20 Have you taken an introductory psychology class before What do these things all have in common So What Psychology The scientific study of the human mind and behavior Psychology History Wilhelm Wundt Structuralism conscious experience Introspection Internal Perception Think chemistry for the mind trained individuals William James Functionalism Think Darwin Mental activities help us evolve Also External recording of mental processes whole Psychology History Sigmund Freud Psychodynamic unconscious Think physics Energy theory Max Wertheimer Kurt Koffka Wolfgang Kohler Gestalt The whole is greater than the sum of its parts Psychology History Based on Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat By Rey Taira Psychology History Ivan Pavlov John B Watson B F Skinner Behaviorism Only observable learned behavior interacting with the environment can tell us about an organism Pavlov s Dog Skinner Box Psychology History Abraham Maslow Carl Rogers Humanism Behavior that emphasizes the potential for good Rogerian therapist Unconditional positive regard Psychology History Noam Chomsky Ulric Neisser MANY Cognitive The brain is the key to understanding behavior Chomsky Language is important for understanding mental processes Neisser Father of Cognitive Psychology Psychology History Many BioPsychology Evolutionary Psychology Understanding how biology influences behavior Psychology Areas Developmental Behavior across life Experimental Psychological Research Educational Enhance learning Physiological Biological Behavior Personality Unique Personal Traits Psychology Areas Social Groups Clinical Disorders and Treatments Industrial Organizational Workplace Perception Performance Basic Processes Health Psychology impacts on health Psychology Areas Quantitative Statistical methods Forensic Justice psychology Human Factors Psychology Technology Motivational Understanding drives Sport Exercise Athlete enhancement Enduring Issues Person Situation Heredity Environment Stability Change Diversity Mind Body Me or You Inside Outside Nature Nurture Now or Later Non physical or physical AND SCIENCE Empirical Method 1 Outline a problem for study 2 Develop a hypothesis 3 Use a method to test hypothesis 4 Test the hypothesis conduct study 5 Analyze the data 6 Publish the findings