Stage 2 Psychology 2016 Year 11  Year 12 Transition Lecture Kate Cutts & Hayley Cundy

Today’s lecture Why choose Psychology? Subject requirements What you can do to prepare for 2016 Sample lecture

Why choose Psychology? Past results – students do very well

Why choose Psychology? Past results – students do very well 2004 – 2014 (2015?) 36 merit students (score of 15) 76% As & Bs QUESTION: What did they do that others didn’t?

Why choose Psychology? Some advice: Full attendance at lectures & tutorials Write all the notes Do the homework Do the revision See teachers with drafts See teachers with practice tests

Why choose Psychology? Past results – students do very well Other reasons to choose Psychology No prerequisite to have done Year 11 Real life relevance Find out more about yourself Information about mental health issues

Subject requirements Term 1Intro to Psych Social cognition Term 2Personality Learning Term 3Psychobiology of altered states of awareness Healthy minds Term 4 (very short)Revision

Subject requirements Term 1Group Investigation (10%) Term 2Individual Investigation (20%) All termsSkill & applications tasks including tests & mid-year exam (40%) Term 4External Exam (30%)

Subject requirements Learning cycle (every topic): Lecture notes? Reading, research & homework (Extension work) Tutorial Flash cards Practice test Test !

Subject requirements Learning cycle (each term): Final revision SASTA Revision Guide Leading to … Mid-year exam External exam

Have a fun summer break then in late January … start preparing for school What you can do to prepare for 2016

Buy your stationery: Lecture pad or booklet Ring binder with plastic inserts File cards for flash cards (76 x 127 mm) Different coloured pens Highlighters What you can do to prepare for 2016

Textbook: Spencer, P. & Hartstone, M. (2007). Psychology for South Australia: Stage 2. John Wiley & Sons: Brisbane. What you can do to prepare for 2016

Focus on keywords (optional): Read 1st year Uni textbooks or Internet searches on keyword list (on your handout) What you can do to prepare for 2016

Stage 2 Psychology 2016 Sample lecture: Healthy minds

Mind-Body Unity Theory Is the mind connected to the body? How do you know this? List your evidence with the person sitting next to you.

Sample Lecture Can your mental attitude reverse the effects of aging?

Key findings of Ellen Langer’s research: Houseplants study Nursing home patients One group given plant to care for 18 months later lower morbidity Findings relate to caring for something that will change Mindfulness – actively noticing new things

Key findings of Ellen Langer’s research: Counterclockwise study (1979) 8 men in late 70s Environment evoking 20 years earlier Lived as if in the present for a week Spoke about past in the present tense current events, politics, music etc Treated like they were younger Expected to lift and carry

Key findings of Ellen Langer’s research: Counterclockwise study (1979) Improved: Memory, sight, hearing, strength

Key findings of Ellen Langer’s research: Chambermaid study Those who thought they ‘exercised’ lost more weight

Key findings of Ellen Langer’s research: Chambermaid study 84 chambermaids split into 2 groups One group told cleaning was the same as exercise When perception changed, they lost weight

Key findings of Ellen Langer’s research: Type 2 diabetes study Psychological intervention for disease Doing computer study with clock set to normal speed, half speed or double speed Blood sugar levels dipped and spiked according to perceived time

Key findings of Ellen Langer’s research: Proposed breast cancer study 3 groups 24 women Stage 4 b.c. Put back in time before diagnosis Track: tumor size, blood markers

Some thoughts What might be some of the confounding issues with this study? What are some of the ethical issues?

HOMEWORK

See you next year…