Module 1: What is Psychology? Week 1 Gita Soerjoatmodjo – GIT gita.soerjoatmodjo@upj.ac.id

Psychology Psyche: soul Logos: word Greek The late 1800s: focus on the philosophy of mind The early 1900s : focus on the mind Around 1920: focus on the behavior Psychology: the systematic study of behavior and experience

General Points About Psychology It Depends The key is to know what it depends on Accurate Measurement is Key Confidence in the Conclusion Depends on the Strength of the Research

Major Philosophical Issues in Psychology Free Will vs. Determinism Free Will Determinism The Mind-Brain Problems Monism Dualism The Nature-Nurture Issues Nature Nurture

What Psychologist Do? (1) Service Providers to Individuals Clinical psychologists Psychiatrists Psychoanalysts Clinical social workers Counseling psychologists Forensic psychologists Service Providers to Organizations Industrial/Organizatio nal Psychologist Human Factors Specialists

What Psychologist Do? (2) School Psychology Psychologists in Teaching and Research Developmental Psychologists Learning and Motivation Cognitive Psychologists Bio-psychologists Evolutionary psychologists Social psychologists Cross-cultural psychologists

The Early Era Wilhelm Wundt Edward Titchener William James 1987, Leipzig, Germany, the 1st laboratory intended exclusively for psychological research Introspection Edward Titchener Structuralism William James Functionalism: How people produce useful behaviors Studying Sensation Psychophysical function Darwin and the Study of Animal Intelligence Comparative psychology Measuring Human Intelligence

The Rise of Behaviorism John B. Watson Studies of Learning

From Freud to Modern Clinical Psychology Freud: Psychotherapy Recent Trends: Basic research Applied research Neuroscience Evolutionary psychology Positive psychology Health psychology Sport psychology

Module 2: Evaluating Evidence & Thinking Critically

Explanation Good explanations requires good research Scientific methods Problems Sampling Ethics

Gathering Evidence Science: knowledge (Latin) A search for knowledge based on carefully observed, replicable data Hypothesis: a clear predictive statement Method Result Interpretation

Replicability Replicable results Meta-analysis Those that anyone can obtain, at least approximately, by following the same procedure Meta-analysis Combining the results of many studies and analyzes them as though they were all one huge study

Evaluating Scientific Theories Theory An explanation or model that fits many observations and makes accurate predictions Falsifiable Burden of proof Parsimony

Conducting Psychological Research General Principles Operational Definitions Operations / Procedures Numerical values Population Samples Convenience sample Representative sample Random sample Cross-cultural sample

Observational Research Designs Naturalistic observations Case Histories Surveys Sampling The wording of the question Surveyor Bias Correlational Studies Correlational coefficient Illusory correlation Correlation ≠ Causation

Experiments Independent variables (IV) Dependent variables (DV) Experimental group Control group Random assignment

Reducing the Influence of Expectation Experimenter Bias and Blind Studies Experimenter bias Blind observer Single-blind study Double-blind study Demand characteristics

Ethical Considerations in Research With Humans Informed Consent With Nonhumans