What is Psychology 100?
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What is Psychology 100? • Who are you? Who are we? • Of what use is PSY100 to you? • Where do we go from here? • How to do well in PSY100?
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What is Psychology 100?. Who are you ? Who are we ? Of what use is PSY100 to you? Where do we go from here? How to do well in PSY100?. PSY 100Y : full -course. or…. PSY 101H : half -course reserved solely (by special permission) for some of the students in the Neuroscience Program - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What is Psychology 100?
• Who are you? Who are we?
• Of what use is PSY100 to you?
• Where do we go from here?
• How to do well in PSY100?
• PSY 100Y: full-course
•PSY 101H: half-course reserved solely (by special permission) for some of the students in the Neuroscience Program
Pre- or Co-requisites:BIO 150YCHM 138HMAT 135YPHY 110Y/138Y
or…
Who are “we”?
Professor: A. Martin Wall
Instructors: Linda Murphy-Boyer
Amy Dalton
Administrative Assistant:Dorothée PotterTechnician:
Kamran Bozorgmeher
Plus many others...
1. The PSY100 Web site:
www.psych.utoronto.ca/~psy100
How to connect with PSY100 staff:
2. The PSY100 Instruction Centre (SS4042)
(during office hours)
Day and Evening Sections
Tuesday 11-12 Thursday 11-12
Wednesday 6-7
Wednesday 7-8
What are the “Rules of Conduct” in Con. Hall?
Don’t ...
... bring in food or drink.
... place recording devices on stage.
... have your cell phone on.
Do ...
… sit where view of screens is clear.... show civility and consideration.
What are the Course Readings? (available at the U of T Bookstore)
1. Definitely required:
2. Strongly recommended:Study Guide to accompany Gleitman et. al. (Learning-Objectives questions)
Wall et. al. PSY100 Handbook(contains the course outline)
Gleitman et. al. Psychology (5th Ed.)
Lectures
What are the sources of material for tests?
Texts
What are the components of your final grade in PSY100?
Term Test I21%
Term Test II21%
Term Test III21%
Experiment Partcipation
3%
Final Exam34% Term Test I
Term Test II
Term Test III
ExperimentPartcipation
Final Exam
Excerpt from a previous year’s ASSU Anti-Calendar, describing students’ responses to PSY100:
“…Tests were considered difficult and challenging and required intense knowledge of the course material. Many found the amount of reading material to be large…The website was a useful addition to the course, and students liked the on-line tutorials.”
How have past students viewed PSY100?
Sensations, perceptions, memories, thoughts, and other subjective experiences
Mental Processes :
Observable actions of an individual person (or animal)
Behavior :
What is Psychology as a discipline?
A science of behavior and mental processes.
What is the etymology of the word “Psychology”?Psych - ology
Psych(e)-from Greek for soul, spirit, self, or life
a branch of knowledge
-ology
Mental processes
Perception Memory Thinking Language
Research Methods
Social factors Development Individual differences
Personality
Psychopathology
The study of psychology
The brain and behaviour
Motivation Learning
PSY100 Fall Term:
PSY100 Spring Term:
Term Test I October 23
Term Test II December 4
Term Test IIIFebruary 26 Intelligence
Final Exam (including everything) April-May
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Brain and Behavior
Psychology 100Clock
Motivation
Learning
Perception
Memory
Thought and Language
Research Methods
Social Psycholog
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Development
Intelligence
Personality
Psychopathology
1. About how many pages are there in the Gleitman text?
900
2. How many weeks are there in the term?26
3. What is the average number of pages per week?
90026
34.6, or about 35
How will you manage your reading schedule for PSY100?
What should one get out of Chapter 1 in Gleitman?
• …To be able to describe the range of phenomena that psychologists consider. According to Gleitman, how does the study of dreams help to show this range?
• …To be able to discuss what Gleitman considers to be the main purpose(s) of psychology.
How will you be able to excel in PSY100?
• Determinants of success --
• Resources for you in PSY100
• Using the PSY100 web site
Five factors that have distinguished the higher performers from the lower performers in PSY100:
• Adapting to the university culture
• Using effective time management
• Developing appropriate methods of study
• Distinguishing between “process” and “product” in lectures
• Exploiting available resources
Some tips from successful senior students:• Realize that high school behaviors are not
appropriate university behaviors.• Realize that study habits that work in high school
can spell disaster here.• Treat your instructors as professionals.• Expect to be treated as professionals.• Determine your own career path—leave your parents
at HOME.• Take a proactive approach to enhancing your
academic skills.• Manage your time—what you do in the first six
weeks of class will largely determine your success or failure.
• Take responsibility for your own successes and failures and expect a little of both.
• Understand that professors think you came to learn. That’s why they act the way they do.
