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)
Communication Text message/phone
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
Do you know what love is?
Bodily maps of emotions.
Your brain in love
Which face is most trustworthy for you?
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Your brain decides whether to trust someone in milliseconds. 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.
Reference Course notes: Introductory psychology. 0notes/coursenotes_intro.html Kalat, J. W. (2011). Introduction to psychology (9 th ed.). Wadsworth. Myers, D. G. (2012). Exploring psychology (9 th ed.). Worth Publishers.