1. What do we do in Psychology 11?

2. Intro to Psychology The history of psychology
The major perspectives in psychology
How to do an experiment
Would you go through a door that was
Labelled w/ a male or female sign?

3. Social Psychology How do people behave differently in groups?
How do cults and brainwashing work?
Why do people join cults?

4. Advertisng
How do advertisers use psychology to manipulate you?

5. Psychological Disorders
Depression, Phobias, Anxiety, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, etc.

6. The Brain & Neurons
How fast do signals in your brain travel?

7. Sensation and Perception
How our senses work
Illusions

8. Treatment Types of Therapy Drugs to treat problems
Do you think drugs or therapy would be better for treating depression?

9. Project Examples
Disorder Glog – Manjit
Disorder Glog - Daniel

10. Clay Neurons and Brains

11. Experiments
What do you predict will happen?

12. Drugs Research

13. Text Book No Text book All information on PowerPoints
You can borrow one of the texts if you would like to read it at home

14. Tests & Marks There will be tests for each unit
They will all be multiple choice
Tests only count for 30% of grade. Projects are worth the most marks.
Generally, People do well in psychology.

15. Field Trips Greater Vancouver Zoo Sometime in March or April
To study animal behaviour
The Mall: To do experiments
Why do chimpanzees smile like us? Do other animals smile? What does this tell us about smiles?

16. The website Take out your phone or ipod if you have it with you
Please bookmark:
Class schedule, handouts, due dates & PowerPoints are on the website.

17. Technology & Group Work
We will be doing a number of experiments in class so there will be group work.
We will be using the computers for various projects so there will be days in lab or library.