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Introduction to Psychology:Overview
Cleoputri Yusainy, PhD
cleostudies.lecture.ub.ac.id
twitter.com/cleoyusainy
Class norms
DO: Ask questions, express critiques,
opinions, etc.
DON’T’S: Plagiarise (0% tolerance). Be late for more than 10 mins.
Ask anyone to sign your attendance on your behalf (-10% final mark)
Submit late assignment (-10% x days)
Course contents Overview - 1 Sensation & perception - 2 Nature, nurture, & human development –
3 & 4 Learning - 5 Memory - 6 Cognition & language – 7 Mid-term exam - 8
Course contents Motivated behaviour - 9 Emotion, stress, & health - 10 Social perception & cognition -11 Attitudes -12 Interpersonal attraction & influence -13 Assignment 1 (Video) & Assignment 2
(Lab activity) – 14 & 15 Final exam - 16
Assessment
Mid-term exam: Multiple choices (individual) 30 %
Assignment 1: Video (group) 30% Assignment 2: Lab participation
(individual) 10% Final exam: Multiple choices
(individual) 30%
Best video from IR class 2013http://youtu.be/evXrAnqGREY
Do you know what love is?
Bodily maps of emotions. http://www.pnas.org/content/111/2/646.full.pdf+html
Your brain in love
Which face is most trustworthy for you?
1 2 3
1 2 3
Your brain decides whether to trust someone in milliseconds.
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/trust-brain-decides-milliseconds-89771/
What psychology is Psychology is the scientific study of
behaviour and mental processes. Behaviour is what we do. Mental processes consist of cognition
(what we think) and emotion-affect (what we feel).
Psychology level of analysis
What psychology isn’t
Non-scientific!
Mind reading? Brain-to-brain message sent from India to Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105225
Reference
Course notes: Introductory psychology. http://www.suecloninger.com/Course%20notes/coursenotes_intro.html
Kalat, J. W. (2011). Introduction to psychology (9th ed.). Wadsworth.
Myers, D. G. (2012). Exploring psychology (9th ed.). Worth Publishers.
