What is Psychology 100?

www.psych.utoronto.ca/~psy100

Getting to know you…

Texts and lectures…

How you will be

evaluated…

What the course is

about…

Getting started…

Who are “we”?

Professor: Martin (Marty) Wall

Technician: Kamran Bozorgmeher

Jessica SchroederInstructor:jessica@psych.utoronto.ca

Administrative Assistants: Dorothée Pottergries@psych.utoronto.ca

Soheila Salemsalem@psych.utornto.ca

P S A: Carolyn Hoessler Anna Nguyen

How will you connect with us?1. The PSY100 Instruction Centre

(SS4042) (during office hours)

2. The PSY100 Web site:www.psych.utoronto.ca/~psy100

PSY100 Day and Evening Sections

Tuesday 11-12 Thursday 11-12

Wednesday 6-7

Wednesday 7-8

Buy the course texts before the rush!

2. Strongly recommended to buy:

Study Guide to accompany Gleitman et. al.(especially for Learning-Objectives questions)

1. Definitely required to buy:Gleitman et. al. Psychology (6th edition.)

(Note: 5th edition not suitable)

(These two items can be bought as a combined package for about $110 at the U of T Bookstore.)

Lectures

What are the sources of material for tests?

Texts

What are the “Rules of Conduct” in Con. Hall?Please don’t ...

... bring in food or drink.

... place recording devices on stage.

... have your cell phone on.

Please do ...… sit where view of screens is clear.... show civility and consideration.

… come on time and leave only at end of class.

Term Test 1(Nov. 9)

30%

Term Test 2(Feb. 8)

30%

ExperimentParticipation

4%

Final Exam36%

What are the components of your final grade in PSY100?

Sensations, perceptions, memories, thoughts, emotions, 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

PSY100 Spring Term:2006

Motivation

The brain and behaviour

Learning

The study of psychology

Social Factors Development

Individual Differences

Thinking

Perception

Mental Processes

Psychopathology

Intelligence

LanguageMemory

PSY100 Fall Term:2005

Research Methods

Personality

Thinking

Perception

Mental Processes

Language

Memory

Social Factors Development

Research Methods

Individual Differences

Psychopathology

Intelligence Personality

Final Exam (including everything) April-May

Term Test 1Nov 9

Term Test 2Feb 8

Gleitman Chapter 1:

The scope of psychologyA science of many facesThe science of psychologyObservational studiesTypes of dataGeneralizing from researchSome final thoughts: science, art, and the individual

The science of psychologyObservational studiesTypes of dataGeneralizing from researchSome final thoughts: science, art, and the individual

(postponed until January)

pp. 1-13

What should one get out of pages 1-13 in Chapter 1 in Gleitman?

• …To be able to describe the scope of contemporary psychology and some methods used to study psychological phenomena.

• …To show how, according to Gleitman, the various approaches to the study of emotion help to demonstrate this scope.

1. About how many pages are there in the Gleitman text?

750

2. How many weeks are there in the term?26

3. What is the average number of pages per week?

75026

28.8, or about 30

How will you manage your reading schedule for PSY100?