1. Psychology 101: Introduction to Psychology
What is psychology?
Psychology 101: Introduction to Psychology

2. Mental (cognitive) processes
A Definition Of Psychology
Psychology is
the scientific
study of
Mental (cognitive) processes
Behavior
Psychology is the study of behavior and mental processes
Includes the study of both humans and animals

3. What do psychologists do?
Help people with problems
Measure and test
Teach
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
This slide should be pretty self-explanatory. Depending on your audience and your interests, you may choose to expand a little on some of the first three topics in this list, but students should learn that there are many different kinds of psychologists, including psychotherapists, scientific consultants, advertising experts, and high school and university instructors. Nonetheless, you should let your audience know that in this presentation, you are going to emphasizing scientific research.

4. WHAT ARE MENTAL PROCESSES?
Memory
Creativity
Imagination
Belief
Reasoning
Perception
Emotion

5. WHY IS PSYCHOLOGY IMPORTANT? Personally useful psychological knowledge
Ability to think
critically about psychological topics IT
Warm feeling for psych
Can improve people’s lives
Practically useful knowledge pertaining to people and their mysterious ways
Addresses important questions

6. Some psychological research topics:
origins of stereotypes
development of language
causes of Alzheimer’s disease
accuracy of eyewitness testimony
personality & musical preference
treatment of eating disorders
causes of romantic love
This slide is design to pique your audience’s curiosity and to begin to give them a sense of how broad the field of psychology is. You might wish to select one or two of these specific topics and give a little detail, but remember that you are on a tight schedule. You only have minutes to say it all!

7. The Fields of Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Physiological Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Personality Psychology
Clinical and Counseling Psychology
Social Psychology
Industrial and Organizational Psychology

8. Psychology And Social Change
Social change refers to the transformation of a person’s attitudes beliefs, and behaviours.
Psychologists interested in how and why individuals change their behaviours and thoughts
Focus on personal change
How individuals contribute to groups
How behaviours contribute to social attitudes and practices
Better understanding of human behaviour = psychologists able to predict future changes