1. Monday, September 18 Complete Discussion of Types of Psychologists
Review
Learning Targets:
Describe and compare the biological, cognitive, sociocultural, humanistic, & psychodynamic perspectives
List and explain the major subfields of psychology
Ch. 1 Test: Tuesday, 9/19

2. Friday, September 15 ACT Reading Practice (Pre-test)
Collect “Who am I?”
Discuss of Types of Psychologists
Learning Target:
List and explain the major subfields of psychology
Chapter 1 Quest: Tuesday, 9/19

3. Thursday, September 14 Ch. 1 Test: Monday, 9/18
Review Perspectives (analyze a celebrity)
Draw your hand
Create Mini Posters and share
Learning Target: Describe and compare the biological, cognitive, sociocultural, humanistic, & psychodynamic perspectives
Homework: Who Am I? Due tomorrow
Ch. 1 Test: Monday, 9/18

4. Wednesday, September 13 Return Ch. 1 Reading Assignment
Discuss 6 Main Perspectives
Draw your perspective hand
Learning Target: Describe and compare the biological, cognitive, sociocultural, humanistic, & psychodynamic perspectives
Homework: Who Am I?
Due: Thursday, 9/14
Ch. 1 Test: Friday 9/15

5. Tuesday, September 12 Agree/Disagree Discuss Perspectives
Learning Target: Describe and compare the biological, cognitive, sociocultural, humanistic, & psychodynamic perspectives
Homework: Who Am I?
Due: Thursday, 9/14
Ch. 1 Test: Friday 9/15

6. Monday, September 11 Collect Ch. 1 Reading Assignment
10 minutes to work on Paragraphs and Graphs
Discuss class syllabus
Begin discussing the study of psychology
Learning Target: Identify what makes psychology a science

7. Friday, September 8
Group Collaboration: Write report and make graph reporting the top careers in psychology
Ch. 1 Reading Assignment due Tuesday, 9/11
Learning Target: Compile and summarize information in both written and graphic form

8. Thursday, September 7
Types of Psychologists Round Robin
Homework: Ch. 1 Reading Assignment Due Monday 9/11
Learning Target: Describe the various careers in psychology and evaluate which one best fits your interests and abilities.

9. Wednesday, September 5 Get Textbooks Scavenger Hunt
Begin Discussing Types of Psychologists
Homework: Ch. 1 Reading Assignment Due Monday 9/11
Learning Target: Describe the various careers in psychology and evaluate which one best fits your interests and abilities.

10. Tuesday, September 5 Place the wiki on your home screen
Take Attendance (take out name tents)
Intro to Psychology
Ch. 1 Reading (due Monday, 9/11
Learning Target: Get to know each other and get to know classroom procedures

11. Wednesday, February 8 Return Tests Preview Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Pre/Post Reading
It is due Tuesday, 2/14
Learning Target: List and explain the three types of memories and provide an example of each

12. Tuesday, February 7 Round Robin Take Quest Learning Targets:
Describe and compare the 6 main perspectives
List and explain the major subfields of psychology
*Bring your textbooks to class tomorrow

13. Social Contract How do you want me to treat you?
How do you want to be treated by each other?
How do you think I want to be treated?
What should we do if we have a disagreement?

14. Scan this code to connect to the class wiki

15. What other questions can you ask about this demonstration?
Straw Demonstration
The three volunteers were given the same materials and the same directions, yet they had very different results.
Why is this?
-Internal Factors
-External Factors
What other questions can you ask about this demonstration?

16. What is your definition of Psychology?

17. Chapter 1
What is Psychology?

18. 1. The Field of Psychology
The word psychology comes from the Greek.
Psyche meaning
Mind or soul
Logos meaning
Study of

19. 1. Why Study Psychology?
Definition of Psychology: The scientific study of the mind and behavior of organisms.
Behavior: Any action that other people can observe and measure
Cognitive Processes: Ways of processing information

20. Psychology as a Science
Psychology is considered a social science like history, anthropology, economics, and political science because like these other social sciences, it also studies human nature and human society.
However, Psychology also incorporates the natural sciences like biology, chemistry and physics

21. 2. A History of Psychology

22. During the Middle Ages, people attributed mental illness to possession by demons.

23. Contemporary Perspectives
There are six main psychological perspectives
Biological
Cognitive
Humanistic
Psychoanalytic
Behavioral
Sociocultural

24. The Biological Perspective
Biological Psychologists look for connections between events in the brain and behavior and mental processes.
Biological Psychologists have learned that certain chemicals in the brain are connected with the storage of information– that is formation of memories.
Biological psychologists are also interested in the influences of hormones and genes. (Hormones are released in the bloodstream and control functions such as growth and digestion. Genes are the basic building blocks of heredity).

25. Biological Perspective

26. The Cognitive Perspective
The Cognitive Psychologists focus on how people think. They are interested in how people take in, process, store, and retrieve information.

27. The Humanistic Perspective
The Humanistic Perspective stresses the human capacity for self-fulfillment and the capacity to make choices. The humanists believe in free will.
They also believe that healthy people have an innate drive to realize their potentialities.
They view people as basically good and emphasize conscious thought.

28. Humanistic Perspective

30. The Psychoanalytic Perspective
We associate Freud with this perspective.
The Psychoanalytic Perspective stresses the influence of unconscious forces on human behavior.
This perspective also stresses the impact of unresolved conflict in childhood

32. The Behavioral/Learning Perspective
The founding father of this perspective is John B. Watson.
The Behavioral Perspective believes that we learn certain responses through rewards and punishments.

34. The Social-Cultural Perspective
The Sociocultural Perspective addresses such issues as:
Ethnicity
Culture
Socioeconomic Status
They also examine gender

35. Sociocultural Perspective

37. What do Psychologists Do?

38. What do Psychologists Do?
Clinical Psychologists
Only 1/2 of psychologists are clinical psychologists

39. What do Psychologists Do?
Counseling Psychologists

40. What do Psychologists Do?
School Psychologist

41. What do Psychologists Do?
Educational Psychologist

42. What do Psychologists Do?
Developmental Psychologist

43. What do Psychologists Do?
Industrial/Organizational Psychologist

44. What do Psychologists Do?
Social Psychologists

45. 2. What do Psychologists Do?
Differences Between Psychologists and Psychiatrist
Psychologists Psychiatrist
Not medical doctors Are medical doctors
Can’t prescribe medication Can prescribe medication
Can only use psychotherapy Can use psychotherapy
and medical treatments
Only 1/2 treat mental disorders All treat mental disorders

46. Applying Perspectives

47. Humanistic: Dennis has free will to dress and behave any way he wants
Humanistic: Dennis has free will to dress and behave any way he wants. Perhaps he feels that by that by tattooing his body and dying his hair he is reaching his full potential as unique individual.
Neuroscience/Biological: Perhaps Dennis Rodman has a high level of estrogen that makes him feel as though he should wear women’s clothes.
Behavioral: Perhaps whenever Dennis dyed his hair or got a new tattoo he was rewarded with a lot of attention. Dennis liked the attention so he continues to dye his hair and add to his tattoo collection.

48. Social-Cultural: Perhaps in the NBA culture, these behaviors occur often and are widely accepted; thus, Dennis Rodman believes his behavior to be typical and not out of the ordinary.
Psychodynamic: Perhaps Dennis was traumatized as a child when he was not permitted to have a Halloween costume. He has repressed the memory into his unconscious, but, as a result dresses in outrageous clothing to try and overcompensate for his loss as a child.
Cognitive: Dennis interprets his role in the NBA as needing to create attention for his team. As a result, he thinks that by, wearing women’s clothes, dying his hair, and tattooing his body, his team will get the attention and press that it requires.