A. Take Role
B. Go over Syllabus: http://psychlab1.hanover.edu/Classes/psy333.html
1. Office Hours
2. Announcements
3. Objectives
4. Expectations
5. Course Schedule
a) Readings before first class in section
b) Note the web assignments
(1) Some are interactive. E.g. Signal Detection Theory
(2) Some require you to report data to class, e.g. Partial Report
(3) Post the results on the Class Discussion
6. Laboratory Schedule
7. Exams
8. Theory Paper
9. Lab Assignments
10. Final Lab project and Schedule (see lab and course schedule); See past projects here.
11. Late policy
12. Grading
13. Questions about course?
A. What is Psychology
B. What is:
1. Social psychology
2. Developmental psychology
3. Neuropsychology
4. Sensation and perception
5. Behavior disorders or abnormal psychology
6. Counseling or clinical psychology
7. Personality
8. Learning
C. What about us is missing from the list above?
D. Find the book’s definition (p. 2). How does this match our gap?
A. The elements of scholarly activity
1. Source, Observation, Data
a) In humanities, texts
b) In sciences it is usually a measurement (number)
2. Explanation, Interpretation
B. The nature of explanation or theory
1. If a behaviorist how explain psychology
a) If a behavior is rewarded there is a tendency to repeat that behavior
b) What is the basis of your explanation
2. How else could you explain this behavior
a) How else could you explain this behavior
b) If you were not in a psychology class and thinking as you normally do, how would you explain it?
c) How are these explanations different?
3. How can you tell which of the explanations are correct?