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Unlock Your Potential: Introduction to Psychology for Smarter, Richer, and Happier Living

Embark on a journey to understanding the human mind, behavior, and history of psychology. Explore goals, perspectives, and modern approaches, including neuro/bio, cognitive, socio-cultural, and more. Dive into the syllabus, course requirements, and grading structure for a comprehensive learning experience. Discover extra credit opportunities and resources to enhance your learning. Stay updated with psychology news and developments through the provided link.

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Unlock Your Potential: Introduction to Psychology for Smarter, Richer, and Happier Living

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  1. Introduction to Introduction to Psychology or How this class is going to make you smarter, richer, more attractive, and better able to recognize false claims in advertising

  2. Four Goals of Psychology Observe Explain Predict Control

  3. History of Psychology Wilhelm Wundt William James

  4. Historical Perspectives • Structuralism • Attempted to understand WHAT the mind was doing • Functionalism • Attempted to understand WHY certain behaviors occur.

  5. Modern Approaches Neuro/bio – Understand the biological mechanisms underlying behavior Cognitive – Understand the algorithms used in processing Socio-cultural – Understand external/social influences on behavior Personality – Understand individual differences and traits Psychodynamic – Understand motivations for behavior

  6. Syllabus Course Requirements and Grading: Assignment 1: 5%Assignment 2: 5%Assignment 3: 5%Assignment 4: 15% Class Participation: 5% Midterm: 30%Final: 35%

  7. Syllabus Extra Credit Earthquake Safety Disability Resources Honor Code Psych in the News www-psych.stanford.edu/~bigopp/psych1.html

  8. Conclusions

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