Transcript INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

INTRODUCTION TO
PSYCHOLOGY
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Foundations
• What is psychology?
– What are the major approaches in
psychology
• How do the psychologists
answer the questions?
– The Scientific Method / Research
Methods in Psychology
Chapter 2 – Biological
Perspective
• Can a biological perspective help us
understand who we are and why we
act as we do?
– Evolution, natural selection
• Are human beings very different from
the animals?
– Threat and aggression
Chapter 3 – Brain and
Nervous System
• Are we actually
well developed
machines?
• What is the
connection
between brain and
the behavior?
• How does nervous
system function?
Chapter 4 - Perception
• How do we know where, what we see,
hear, or feel is?
• How do we know whether it is moving
or still?
• How do we know what it is?
PERCEPTION
• The same animal but the features
look different. So how can we
classify all of them as a giraffe?
A hidden figure
Missing features
Reversible figure-ground pattern
Shape constancy
The Ponzo Illusion
Chapter 5 - Learning
• How do we learn?
– Habituation
– Classical conditoning
– Instrumental Conditioning
• Role of surprise?
Classical Conditioning
Instrumental Conditioning
Chapter 6 - Memory
• What would happen without memory?
• Memory failures
– Amnesia
Chapter 8 – Physical Growth
• What are the steps of physical
development?
• What are the steps of cognitive
development?
Chapter 9 – Social
Development
• How do we develop socially?
ATTACHMENT
• What type of parents will we become?
Chapter 10 – Social Influence
• Is it really that important to understand
others?
• Is it really that important to understand
ourselves?
• What about attitudes and emotions?
How do they effect our behavior?
Do we conform to the
ideas of the majority?
Do we conform to the
ideas of the majority?
• Do we obey to stronger
people/leaders?
–How far can we go?
Obedience to Authority
• Do we act differently when we
are a part of a group?
–The Bystander Effect
Chapter 11 Psychopathology
• What is normal?
• Who is abnormal?
• What are the reasons of mental
illnesses?
– Genetic? Biological? Or just
“psychological”?