Introduction to Psychology

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Introduction to Psychology

• Frenship High School

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Psychologist vs. Scientist

• Think of an adjective that describe a
  psychologist.
• Think of an adjective that describe a scientist.
• SHARE OUT AND DISCUSS

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Identify the following individuals
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Dr. Phil
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Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Brocco)
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Dr. Frasier Krane (Kelsey Grammer)
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Dr. Huang (B.D. Wong)
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Dr. Drew Pinsky
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What do you think ? is?

• Most people think psychology (?) is only
  counseling and abnormal psychology (helping
  crazy people)
• This is largely fueled by television/movies
• Lets look at the history of Psychology and its
  origins and then explore the vast subfields of
  psychology.

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What is Psychology?

• Comes from two Greek words psyche (soul) and
  logos (the study of)
• Psychology - the scientific study of behavior and
  mental processes
• Behavior - outwardly observable acts of an
  individual, either alone or in a group
• Mental processes the physiological and
  cognitive processes that underlie behavior (e.g.
  sensation, perception, dreams, thoughts, beliefs
  and feelings)

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Goals and Fields of Study

• The goals of psychology are to describe, explain,
  predict, and control mental processes of
  behavior.
• It involves both the experimental study of
  behavior and the practical applications that
  arise from them.
• It is a scientific discipline that bridges with
  other fields.

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Fact or Falsehood?

• To get an idea for the broad range of topics
  covered by psychology, answer the following
  True/False questions.
• INSTRUCTIONS
• Write your answers in your notes or on a sheet of
  paper.
• Answers will be given at the end of the quiz.

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Fact or Falsehood?

1. To be useful, laboratory experiments in
   psychology must re-create the behaviors of
   everyday life.
2. The human brain produces its own natural opiates
   that ease pain and elevate mood.
3. Our personality comes from our home and family
   environment growing up.

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Fact or Falsehood?

1. Newborns can only see light and dark shades.
2. Advertisers are able to shape our buying habits
   through subliminal messages.
3. Psychological research clearly indicates that
   some people do have ESP.

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Fact or Falsehood?

1. The majority of mens dreams are about women.
2. The greater the reward promised for performing an
   activity, the more one will come to enjoy the
   activity.
3. Hypnosis can be used to recover repressed
   memories.

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Fact or Falsehood?

1. In general, people underestimate how much they
   really know.
2. Heredity, not environment, determines ones score
   on an intelligence test.
3. As children, many homosexuals were molested,
   seduced, or otherwise sexually victimized by an
   adult homosexual.

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Fact or Falsehood?

1. If you are truly innocent of committing a crime
   you have nothing to fear from taking a lie
   detector test.
2. Most of us suffer from unrealistically low
   self-esteem.
3. The most common form of schizophrenia is the
   split personality, in which a person possesses
   two or more separate identities.

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Fact or Falsehood?

1. Without professional help, people who suffer
   psychological disorders inevitably get worse.
2. Internal bodily functions such as blood pressure
   and heart rate are not subject to conscious
   control.
3. Most people would refuse to obey an authority who
   told them to hurt an innocent person.

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Fact or Falsehood?

• How do you think you did?
• All answers EXCEPT number 2 were false!!!
• Lets go back and discuss them.

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Subfields of Psychology

• Applied Research
• Biological psychologists
• Developmental Psychologists
• Cognitive Psychologists
• Personality Psychologists
• Social Psychologists
• Counseling Psychologists
• Clinical Psychologists
• Psychiatrists

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More Subfields of ?

• The APA (American Psychological Assoc.) has 53
  divisions
• Here are some interesting divisions
• Society for Consumer Psychology
• Exercise and Sport Psychology
• Psychology of Religion
• Population and Environmental Psychology
• Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and
  Violence Peace Psychology Division

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Your Homework

• Look up Psychology on the internet and see what
  you find. There are many sites out there to
  explore. Some aren't worth a flip, and some are
  actually pretty interesting.