1. Start up Game Free Write: (Pen/pencil must always be writing) You are finishing your first week of high school today. Write some of your thoughts about your first week. How did you like your classes? Is there a class you are nervous about? How was it finding your way around? What have you done to be a successful student so far? What are your thoughts about next week?

2. Unit 1: Success Essential Question: What does it take the be a successful high school student? Today’s Topic: Psychology 101 Objective: Leave today able to define psychology and explain how it helped create this class.

3. Definition of Psychology Scientific study of humans How we behave How we think

4. Let’s look at some interesting things Psychology helps explain.

5. You have two brains!

6. These two hemispheres are joined by something called the corpus callosum

7. Psychological research explains how your brain works!

8. Body Language Have you ever seen this? Samson Pose

9. Psychological research is responsible for explaining body language.

10. Physical Attraction

12. Psychological research proposes that blue eyes are ‘more attractive’ because it is easier to see the pupils dilate.

13. Color Vision

14. Psychological research explains how you see colors.

15. Learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo7jcI8fAuI

16. Cognition Color Draw or name a triangle Board game Hero

17. How does Psychology find all of this out?

18. SCIENCE experiments and careful studies

19. Asch Line Experiment

20. They are in on it!

21. Asch Conformity Findings 18 trials 12 of which the people who were in on the experiment purposely gave the wrong answers. 75% of subjects conform at least once. Subjects conform 32% of the time. Presence of an ally - Even the presence of just one ally/friend that goes against the majority choice can reduce conformity as much as 80%

22. Psychological research tells us how you can protect yourself against negative peer pressure.

24. Psychological research also shows us 4 abilities that can help you be more successful.

25. 4 abilities These 4 abilities will form the foundation of this course. Grit Outlook Growth Mindset Resiliency

26. Objective: Leave today able to define psychology and explain how it helped create this class. Scientific study of humans Psychological research shows us 4 abilities that can help you be more successful. Grit, Outlook, Growth Mindset, Resiliency.