Warm-Up

Using the piece of paper I gave you, please answer the following questions:

1. Where are you from?2. What do you hope to learn in this class?3. Where is your favorite place you’ve ever been?4. Who do you look up to most in life and why?5. What are your goals for after college?

I need a volunteer to remind me to get textbooks at 2:07!

Warm-Up Expectations

You are expected to be in your seat with your notebook out within 30 seconds of the bell ringing.

Warm-Up’s are individual work. You will complete them each day in the Warm-Up section of your binder.

You will have approximately 5 minutes to work on the Warm-Up questions or activity.

When you finish, use the rest of the time to get anything else you need to be prepared for class to begin. Do no bother your classmates who are still working.

Make sure you date your Warm-Up.

CFU: Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down – Do you understand the Warm-Up expectations?

Introduction to Psychology

Objective DOL

WWBAT explain two modern perspectives on psychology and contrast their interests of study.

Given an exit card, SWBAT:

1. Explain the difference between the Evolutionary & Biological perspective and the cognitive perspective.

Objective & DOL

Seating Chart

We are not going to create a seating chart today because students will still be moving in and out of class throughout the week.

Next week we will create our first seating chart: It will be selected at random every two weeks. You will be expected to work productively and

collaboratively with whoever you are sitting by.

Syllabus

We will review the syllabus and procedures tomorrow.

Homework: It is your responsibility to get your syllabus signed and returned to me by the end of the week.

Homework: 1 page letter to me What do I need to know to be a better teacher to you?

Learning styles, past experiences with school, home environment, jobs or after school activities, your favorite subject, etc.

Pull out your agenda now and write this in

Psychology?

Think/Write/Share: 1. Take 15 seconds to individually think about the

question below. 2. Take 1 minute to individually write down possible

answers to the question below. 3. You and your partner will each have 20 seconds to

share your answers. 4. I will call on partner groups to share out what you

discussed.

Question: What do you think Psychology is? When do you think we use it?

Psychology

Psychology- the scientific study of behavior and mental process CFU: Think-Write-ShareWhat are the goals of

Psychology?

Psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and control the events it studies. CFU: whiteboard:What does Psychology seek to

describe, explain, predict, and control?

About your teacher

Whiteboards:On your white board make the following

predictions about your teacher (2 minutes) Where am I from? What is my favorite movie or music? What is my favorite color? Name three personality characteristics about me.

How confident were you in these judgments?

Daily Psychological Principles

Schemas A schema is a cognitive framework or concept that helps

organize and interpret informationJudgmentsHypotheses and predictionsHindsight bias

Most of these we do everyday without realizing it.

CFU: Write-Pair-ShareWhy do you think we use these tools even without

being “psychologists”

There are six modern day schools of thought (perspectives on Psychology) Evolutionary and Biological Cognitive Humanistic-Existential Psychodynamic Perspectives on Learning- Behavioral/Cognitive Sociocultural

6 Modern-Day Schools of Thought

Do now

Binders:Pick up a binder, and three sheets of

notebook paperMake three sections: warm ups, notes,

papers/handouts

Focus on the evolution of behavior and mental processes CFU: 0-5: Evolution

A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form

Genes can be transmitted from generation to generation. Inherited tendencies affect one’s mate selection, thought processes, etc.

Biological perspective seeks the links between the electrical and chemical activity of the brain.

This perspective may be interested in topics such as psychological disorders, criminal behavior, and thinking.

1. Evolutionary & Biological

Biological-Evolutionary Perspective focuses on events below consciousness. CFU: 0-5 Consciousness

Cognitive Perspective studies mental processes and how we perceive the world Examples: maps, categorizing, schemas, decisions, etc.

Studies the things we refer to as the mind; ie:How do we perceive the world, solve problems, form

judgments, make decisions, use language, use memory, etc.

2. The Cognitive Perspective

CFU: Whiteboards

On your white board, write either E-B for evolutionary-biological or C for Cognitive Studying the rates of similarity of depression between

mother and daughter Studying how people learn a new skill or fact Twin studies that look at personality similarities Studying how people form biases and judgments Determining how many digits should be in a phone

number How hormones influence one’s behavior

Mix-Pair-Share

Mix-Pair-Share Procedure: 1. I will play some music as you walk around the

classroom.2. When the music stops you will pair up with your

nearest classmate, greet each other, and turn towards me for further instructions.

3. After I give instructions, I will put a question up on the screen.

4. Each partner will have about 30 seconds to answer each question.

5. Thank your partner for sharing and restart the procedure with another partner or a new question.

Question #2

Why did you sign up for this class? Why are you excited or not excited about it?

Question #5

Would you say you are more introverted or extraverted? Do you think this is from genes or your surroundings?

Question #6

If you could travel to anywhere in the world where would you go and who would you want to go with? What would you do once you got there? Explain your answer.

Question #7

Would you say you are more open to new ideas or like to be around things you know?

3. Psychodynamic perspective

Based off of Freud’s ideas of the unconscious Emphasized people latent

thoughts. Dream analysis, Oedipus

theory, penis envy

Neo-Freudians Carl Jung- The collective

unconscious, in contrast with Freud's unconscious, contains latent memory traces from a person's ancestors.

Karen Horney- anxiety disorders; women’s place in society

Psychodynamic Approach Assumptions

Our behavior and feelings are powerfully affected by unconscious motives.

Our behavior and feelings as adults (including psychological problems) are rooted in our childhood experiences.

All behavior has a cause (usually unconscious), even slips of the tongue (Freudian Slip). Therefore all behavior is determined.

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4. Humanistic-Existential Perspective

Emerged in reaction to psychoanalytic perspective Pessimistic determinism– behavior controlled by unconscious forces Psychological health equated with adjustment to society

Humanism Stresses the human capacity for fulfillment

Existentialism Views people as free to choose and be responsible for choosing

ethical conductStresses importance of subjective experience

People are capable of shaping their personalities and attitudes towards experiences

Warm-Up

Number your paper 1-5.For each number, write a word that

completes the statement “I am…”Keep this to reference later.

Review: Humanistic-Existential Perspective

Humanism Stresses the human capacity for fulfillment

Existentialism Views people as free to choose and be responsible for

choosing ethical conductStresses importance of subjective experience

People are capable of shaping their personalities and attitudes towards experiences

CFU: Think-Pair-ShareThe Humanistic-Existential Perspective was created in

response to which perspective? Why?

5. Perspectives on Learning

Study the effects of experience on behavior Ie: Learning

Learning is the the essential factor in describing, predicting, and explaining, and controlling behavior.Watson: Learning through rewards, not conscious

Social-cognitive theorists suggest that people can modify even create their

environments intentional learning by observing others

Modeling

6. Socio-cultural Perspective

Addresses the many ways people differ from one another Refer to your warm up now People often define themselves in relativity to others.

Therefore, defining features are often ones that a minority of people have.

Study influence of gender, culture, and socioeconomic status on behavior and mental processes. T-P-S: How does your culture effect your daily

behavior? Mental processes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=7YLy4j8EZIk&feature=player_embedded&noredirect=1

Socio-cultural (continued)

Ethnicity Ethnic groups are united by their cultural heritage, race,

language, and common history. Study cultural heritages and ethnic differences in

vulnerability to problems

Gender Refers to the culturally defined concepts of masculinity and

femininity Involves a complex web of cultural expectations and social

roles

Ie: Cultural heritage, race, language, etc influences behavior

whiteboards

Answer the following with the correct school of thought:Would focus on how we mentally represent the world to explain

behaviorsMight argue that your behavior is the result of your freedom to

make choices in lifeMight look at the relationship between an individual’s cultural

heritage and the frequency of psychological disordersMight argue that children who are shy and withdrawn engage

in behavior because of environmental influences and reinforcement

Would tend to attribute your dreams to unconscious processesMight argue that the reason males exhibit more aggressive

behavior is because of their hormonal make-up

DOL

1. The Evolutionary Perspective would be interested in: a) the differences between natural blondes and fake blondesb) the genes that may make one more likely to show signs of a

psychological disorder c) The thought processes made when deciding on a college

2. The cognitive perspective would be interested in:a) The processes made when deciding on a collegeb) How someone learns a languagec) All of the aboved) None of the above

4. Explain the difference between the psychodynamic perspective and the perspective and the humanistic-existentialist perspective.

5. How does the socio-cultural perspective play a part in your life?