1. Celebration!! Put on your Boogie Shoes and party with me all year long!!

3. You can do it like its heavy weight . . .
You can do it like its heavy weight or you can do it like its part of a dance

4. Or . . . You can do it like its part of a dance!!
You can do it like its heavy weight or you can do it like its part of a dance

5. THE GOOSE STORY
Next fall, when you see Geese heading South for the Winter, flying along in V formation
You might consider what Science has discovered as to why they fly that way.
Fact# 1. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following it.
By flying in V formation, the whole flock adds at least 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.
People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

6. Fact #2. When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone...and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.
If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those who are headed the same direction we are.
Fact #3. When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back on the wing and another goose flies point.
It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs with people or with geese flying South.
Fact #4. Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
What do we say when we honk from behind?

7. Fact #5. Finally, and this is important, when a
goose gets sick, or it is wounded by gun shots, and falls out of formation, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to lend help and protection.
They sit with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or it dies, and only then do they launch out on their own
or with another formation to catch up with their group.
If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that.
And EVERYONE will be SUCCESSFUL!!!

8. Seven Themes of Psychology
1. Psychology is Empirical
2. Psychology is theoretically diverse
3. Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical way
4. Behavior has multiple causes
5. Behavior is shaped by cultural heritage
6. Behavior is influenced by heredity and environment
7. Our experience of the world is highly subjective

9. In Such a Diverse Science, What Holds It All Together?
The desire to:
Describe
Explain
Predict
Change/Control Behavior

10. Defining Psychology Definition Goals of Psychology
The study of behavior and mental processes
Goals of Psychology
To fulfill a genuine curiosity about behavior
To understand the contributions of genetics and environment (social and cultural) in behavior and mental process
To study behavior using methods that deem the study scientific

11. Roots of Psychology in Philosophy
Psyche (life/self) logos (logic)
Plato (400BC): Rationalism, deductive reasoning
Aristotle: Associations
Descartes: Dualism- Mind and Body, Nativism
John Locke: Empiricism, tabula rasa

12. Psychology - A scientific discipline
Wilhelm Wundt ( )
Worked to have Psychology become an independent science
Founded the 1st psychology laboratory in Germany (1879)

13. Competing Schools of Thought That Shape Psychology
Structuralism
Wundt and Titchener
Structuralism focused on the structure of consciousness
Premise: The content of conscious experience can be analyzed into its basic elements

14. Psychology Comes to America
G. Stanley Hall ( )
A student of Wundt
Establishes 1st American laboratory at Johns Hopkins (1883)
Founded 1st American Psych. journal (1887)
Founded American Psychological Association-APA (1892)

15. Competing Schools of Thought That Shape Psychology
Functionalism
William James and G. Stanley Hall were the primary proponents
Interested in studying the functions of consciousness
Premise: The function of a conscious experience in providing adaptation of the organism is more important than the structure of that conscious experience

16. Psychoanalytic Early 1900s
Freud- Interpretations of Dreams (1900)
Behavior influenced by unconscious processes
Stressed early childhood experiences determine later behavior
Negative view of humanity (aggression, sex)

17. Behaviorists (Skinner, Watson, Pavlov)
Environment determines behavior (clean slate)
Stimulus Response
Reinforcements and punishment
Studies observable (overt) behavior and stimuli, not concerned with internal states

18. Gestalt Psychology
Founded in Germany in the late 1890s, this movement seeks to explain perceptions in terms of wholes (gestalts) rather than by analyzing the individual parts
Tries to understand our ability to acquire and maintain meaningful perceptions in a chaotic world
Contributors: Christian von Ehrenfels Johann Wolfgan von Goethe, and Max Wertheimer