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Welcome to PSY 103-02:

Introductory Psychology!

Please download

from Blackboard(if you havent already, as per my email)

1. Syllabus

2. Guidelines for Research Participation

3. Guidelines for SONA System

4. Instructions for Mass Testing5. General Study Tips

6. Study Guide for Exam 1

7. Lecture slides (print as Handouts with

3 slides per page)


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People

Instructor Graduate Assistants

Anne Moyer Megan Finsaas

Sarah Posiask

Undergraduate Assistants

Sumeet Bhinder


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Ms. Cindy Forman

Subject Pool Coordinator, B 154


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Ms. Carol Carlson

Undergraduate Advisor,

Psych B 109


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RequiredText

Gerrig, R. J. & Zimbardo, P. G. (2013).Psychology and Li fe, (20th ed).

Available at the campus bookstore.


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Blackboard

http://blackboard.stonybrook.edu


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Evaluation1. Best 2 grades of exams 1-3; and final exam (equally weighted) 90%

2. Brief written assignment 10%

3. Research participation

4. Extra credit available through the You Make the Call challenge,

You Ask the Question, and Professors Dont Bite initiative up to 7.5%!


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Policies

Student Responsibilities

Special needs

DSS

Varsity athletesNon-native English speakers

Fulfilling course requirements

No early or make-up exams will be givenWritten assignments are due Mon Oct 20

Academic dishonesty


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What can I expect to get out

of this course?

1. Knowledge: an understanding of a variety of topics

in psychology.

2. Skills: critical and scientific thinking skills

3.Applications: a better understanding of your own

and others behavior and motivations


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Is Psychology just common

sense?

Class Exercise: How good areyou at explaining research?


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The ____________Bias

our tendency to__________our

ability to have foreseen howsomething would turn out after

learning the outcome


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True or False?

1. Although 90 percent of Americans are right-handed, left-handedness is common in many non-industrialized cultures.

2. Some people dream, others do not.

3. Some people can remember things that happened to them as

early as one year of age.

4. A smile has different meanings in different cultures.

5. The ability to memorize new material does not decline in old

age.


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True or False? (Contd)

6. Human memory capacity cannot truly be increased through

the use of memory tricks.

7. Childrens IQ scores are not predictive of their grades in

school.

8. If youre assaulted on the street, you are more likely to get

help if there are three onlookers than if theres only one.

9. A schizophrenic is someone with multiple or split personality.

10. People who think about themselves a lot are healthier and

happier than those who do not.


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What is Psychology?

the scientificstudy of the behaviorof

individualsand their mentalprocesses


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What are the Goals of Psychology?

To describe, explain, predict, and controlbehavior,

and to thus improve the qualityof human life


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Different Approaches to Studying Psychology

and Explaining Behavior

1. Psychodynamic (late 19th- early 20thCentury): inherited

instincts, biological drives, and attempts to resolve conflicts

between personal needs and societys demands. Remember

Sigmund Freud.

2. Behaviorist (1930s-50s): environmental stimuli. Remember

John Watsonand B.F. Skinner.

3. Humanistic (1950s-70s):own choices based on striving for

personal growth and development of their potential.

Remember Carl Rogersand Abraham Maslow.


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4. Cognitive (1970s-): thoughts and computations. Learning

and memory, language, problem solving. Remember Daniel

Kahneman (2002 Nobel Prize)and Jean Piaget.

5. Sociocultural (contemporary): cultural norms

6. Evolutionary perspective (contemporary): adaptations for

survival

7. Physiological/Biological (very contemporary): genes, the

brain, the nervous system, and the endocrine system


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What do Psychologists do?


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Psychology Specializations


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Psychologist Work Settings

APA Divisions


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Addictions (50)Adult Development and Aging (20)American Psychology-Law Society (41)Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology (21)Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology (6)

Child, Youth, and Family Services (37)Clinical Child Psychology (Division 12, Section 1) (53)Clinical Neuropsychology (40)Society of Clinical Psychology (12)Consulting Psychology (13)Counseling Psychology (17)Developmental Psychology (7)Educational Psychology (15)

Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics (5)Exercise and Sport Psychology (47)Experimental Analysis of Behavior (25)Experimental Psychology (3)Family Psychology (43)Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy (49)Health Psychology (38)History of Psychology (26)Humanistic Psychology (32)International Psychology (52)Media Psychology (46)Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (33)Military Psychology (19)Peace Psychology (48)Population and Environmental Psychology (34)

Psychoanalysis (39)Psychological Hypnosis (30)

APA Divisions


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Psychologists in Independent Practice (42)Psychologists in Public Service (18)

Psychology and the Arts (10)Psychology of Religion (36)Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse (28)Psychotherapy (29)Rehabilitation Psychology (22)School Psychology (16)Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology (27)

Society for Consumer Psychology (23)Society for General Psychology (1)Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (14)Society of Personality and Social Psychology (8)Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (45)Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian and Gay Issues (44)Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (51)

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (9)Society for the Psychology of Women (35)Society for the Teaching of Psychology (2)Society of Pediatric Psychology (Division 12, Section V) (54)State Psychological Association Affairs (31)Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (24)


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American Psychological

Association and Association

for Psychological Sciencewebsites

www.apa.org

www.psychologicalscience.org
http://www.apa.org/http://www.psychologicalscience.org/http://www.psychologicalscience.org/http://www.apa.org/


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Video Presentation: Careersfor Psychology Majors

https: / /www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlgWBDfRGL8


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Integrative

Neuroscience

Clinical

Cognitive

Science

Social andHealth

Social (and Health) Psychology: focuses on the effect of


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Social (and Health) Psychology: focuses on the effect of

social variables on individual behavior, attitudes,

perceptions, (and health)

How do institution and social factors influence achievement and

identity of ones gender or race?

(Bonita London)

What are the psychological issues that surround cancer and

cancer risk? How does the experience of being a researchparticipant affect the outcome of the research?

(Anne Moyer)
http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/amoyer-/www.stonybrook.edu


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Clinical psychology: seeks to understand the nature

of individual pathologies of mind, mood, and

behavior

How do we decide whether someones behavior is mentally

healthy or not?

What is the basis of anxiety disorders?

(Greg Hajcak)

What are the early warning signs of problems in romanticrelationships of adolescents?

(Joanne Davila)


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Cognitive Science: studies higher mental processes,

such as attention, language use, memory, perception,

problem-solving, and thinking.

Can language affect your perceptions and judgments?

(Richard Gerrig)

How accurate is eyewitness testimony?

(Nancy Franklin)


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Integrative Neuroscience: studies the brain and the

links between brain activity and behavior

How does exercise protect the brain?

(Brenda Anderson)

How does the human brain process memories and make

decisions?

(Hoi-Chung Leung)


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Freebie Questions


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Freebie Question #1

Research psychologists who take a behavioral perspective arelikely to:

(a) assume that the general principles of behavior will hold true

for different species.

(b) study behavior in natural or field settings where it is

assumed to be more authentic.

(c) avoid the use of sophisticated data-collection equipment,relying more on casual observational techniques.

(d) be less concerned with precision and quantification than is

true of other approaches to psychological research.

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