1. What is Psychology 100? Who are you? Who are we? Of what use is PSY100 to you? Where do we go from here? How to do well in PSY100? www.psych.utoronto.ca/~psy100

2. Who are “we”? Professor: A. Martin (Marty) Wall Instructors: Linda Murphy-Boyer Lena Paulo Administrative Assistant: Dorothée Potter Technician:Kamran Bozorgmeher Plus many others...

3. How to connect with PSY100 staff: 2. The PSY100 Instruction Centre (SS4042) (during office hours) 1. The PSY100 Web site: www.psych.utoronto.ca/~psy100

4. Day and Evening Sections Tuesday 11-12Thursday 11-12 Wednesday 6-7 Wednesday 7-8

5. What are the “Rules of Conduct” in Con. Hall? Please don’t...... bring in food or drink.... place recording devices on stage.... have your cell phone on. Please do... … sit where view of screens is clear.... show civility and consideration.

6. What are the Course Readings? 1. Definitely required: 2. Strongly recommended: Study Guide to accompany Gleitman et. al. (especially Learning-Objectives questions) Gleitman et. al. Psychology (6th edition.) (Note: 5th edition not suitable) Wall et. al. PSY100 Handbook (online) (contains the course outline, etc.)

7. Lectures What are the sources of material for tests? Texts

8. What are the components of your final grade in PSY100?

9. Sensations, perceptions, memories, thoughts, and other subjective experiences Mental Processes : Observable actions of an individual person (or animal) Behavior : What is Psychology as a discipline? A science of behavior and mental processes.

10. What is the etymology of the word “Psychology”? Psych - ology Psych(e)- from Greek for soul, spirit, self, or life a branch of knowledge -ology

11. Final Exam (including everything) April-May 2004 Term Test III Feb. 25, 2004 Term Test I Oct. 22, 2003 PSY100 Spring Term: PSY100 Fall Term: The study of psychology The brain and behaviour Motivation Learning Term Test II Dec. 3, 2003 Mental processes PerceptionMemoryThinkingLanguage Research methods Individual differences Intelligence Personality Development Social factorsPsychopathology

12. 1. About how many pages are there in the Gleitman text? 750 2. How many weeks are there in the term? 26 3. What is the average number of pages per week? 750 26 28.8, or about 30 How will you manage your reading schedule for PSY100?

13. Gleitman Chapter 1: The scope of psychology A science of many faces The science of psychology Observational studies Types of data Generalizing from research Some final thoughts: science, art, and the individual pp. 1-13 (Postponed until January)

14. What should one get out of pages 1-13 in Chapter 1 in Gleitman? …To be able to describe the scope of contemporary psychology and some methods used to study psychological phenomena. According to Gleitman, how does the study of emotion help to demonstrate this scope?