On to day 2….

1. On to day 2….

2. Warm up • Take 5 minutes to look over your syllabus! • Please pass up your signed sheet if you have it. • Remember these are due BY Friday!

3. SYLLABUS QUIZ- COPY DOWN QUESTION, THEN ANSWER! • True or False- If the bell rings and you are standing in the hallway right next to the door, Ms. Pierrot will let you in the room. • What does Ms.Pierrot mean by “be respectful at all times”? • True or False- You can use your cell phone in Ms.Pierrot’s class whenever you feel like it. • What is the policy on make-up work? What about late work? • How will you be graded in this course? • True or False- Ms.Pierrot will not offer extra assistance through tutoring. • What materials are required for the course? (hint you should have them all out .. Right now )

4. All about you pamphlet • Please begin working on your “All About Me!” Pamphlet final copy • Remember, you need 5 sentences for the PAST, 5 sentences for the PRESENT, and 5 sentences for the FUTURE! • Make sure you are writing in COMPLETE sentences….. • Unacceptable: Born in Ohio. • Acceptable: I was born in Wadsworth, Ohio and lived there for my entire childhood. • Unacceptable: Like dogs. • Acceptable: I love all types of dogs and have a miniature schnauzer of my own!

5. Let’s get organized • Course Syllabus • Notebook paper • Quote of the week- • Write down the quote, followed by your interpretation (1-2 sentences) • Begin the following notes underneath….

6. Quote of the week • "An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?“ • -RENE DESCARTES

7. 5 reasons to take notes • It triggers basic lecturing processes and helps you to remember information. • It helps you to concentrate in class. • It helps you prepare for tests. • Your notes are often a source of valuable clues for what information the instructor thinks most important (i.e., what will show up on the next test). • Your notes often contain information that cannot be found elsewhere (i.e., in your textbook).

8. So what is psychology? • Scientific study of mental processes and behavior. • How people think, act, feel. • Tested through scientific research

9. History of psychology • Early as 5th and 6th centuries B.C. the Greeks started studying behavior and observing interactions • Copernicus and Galileo were part of the Renaissance which expanded on these observation techniques • **Can anyone tell me what important discovery Copernicus and Galileo are responsible for?

10. dUALISM • Idea that the mind and body are separate and distinct • Rene Descartes argued this idea, stating there was a link between them • Mind--- Controlled--Body • (Movements, Perception, Sensations) THINK, PAIR, SHARE Do you agree with Dualism or Descartes?

11. Please Turn to page 15 in your textbook • Read to yourself the closing paragraph of “The Origins of Psychology” • Pull out 3 change of thought which took place during nineteenth century, then reflect on the question: • How do you think these changes helped accelerate the field of psychology? • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4

13. approaches • Many different approaches to studying behavior began to form • For example- what was to be studied, what was to have an influence on behavior/thought process

14. Using your book, try to come up with a brief description of each of the following approaches. Look for key words/ideas. Take 15 minutes, then we will share out our findings! Let’s do the first one together… VARYING APPROACHES • Historical Approaches • Structuralism- • Functionalism- • Gestalt- • Present Day Approaches • Psychoanalytic Psychology- • Behavioral Psychology- • Humanistic- • Cognitive- • Biological- • Sociocultural-

15. Historical approaches • Structuralism- Attributed to William Wundt, is the study of basic elements in human thought process. Focuses on basic structure and involved introspection (self observation) • Functionalism-Attributed to William James, Focuses on how animals and humans adapt to their environments, major functions of the mind are focused on survival • Gestalt- “whole pattern” , human eye sees objects in their entirety before recognizing their individual parts • What do you see when you look at this?

16. PRESENT DAY APPROACHES TO PSYCHOLOGY

17. Psychoanalytic • -Sigmund Freud • -”Our conscious experiences are only the tip of the iceberg, that beneath the surface are primitive biological urges that are in conflict with the requirements of society and morality.” • -Let’s think.. How would this create conflict? • -Psychoanalyst: studies unconscious motives/conflicts that determine how individuals think, act, and feel. • Methods- Free association, Dream analysis, Case study

18. Behavioral psychology • -Ivan Pavlov, John Watson, B.F. Skinner • -Study of observable behavior, and responses to events in individuals environment • -Focus on conditioning, stimulus, reinforcement

19. Humanistic psychology • -Response to behavioral psychology • -Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers • -Human nature is evolving and self-directed • -Humans are NOT controlled by their environments/events • -Believe each individual has potential to develop fully (personal growth)

20. Cognitive psychology • -Jean Piaget, Noam Chomsky • - Study how we process, store, retrieve, and use information • -Also how this information influences our thinking/language/problem solving • -Focus on perceptions, memories, expectations

21. Biological psychology • -Focuses on the impact of biology on behavior • - Psychobiologists: study how brain, nervous system, hormones, and genetics influence our behavior • -”Behavior is the result of our physiological makeup”

22. Sociocultural psychology • -Focus on how our knowledge and ways of thinking/feeling/behaving depend on the culture you are a member of • -Cultural Perspectives plays a huge role! • -Gender, socioeconomic status may also play a role in how you think/feel/behave

23. Video • http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-is-psychology.html

24. Exit ticket • Consider the following scenarios: • SCENARIO 1: You are attempting to figure out a way to teach your dog, Muffin, how to turn off the lights. Each time Muffin turns off the lights, you give her a treat. • -What type of approach would this be using? • SCENARIO 2: You are studying the genetics of your family to figure out what makes your mom and sister react the way they do to certain situations. • -What type of approach would this be using? • SCENARIO 3: You are examining different culture values and beliefs to discover what makes French citizens behave differently than American citizens. • -What type of approach would this be using?