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Introductory Psychology!
Please download
from Blackboard
(if you havent already, as per my email)
1. Syllabus
2. Guidelines for Research Participation
3. Guidelines for SONA System
4. Instructions for Mass Testing
5. General Study Tips
6. Study Guide for Exam 1
7. Lecture slides (print as Handouts with
3 slides per page)
People
Instructor
Graduate Assistants
Anne Moyer
Megan Finsaas
Sarah Posiask
Undergraduate Assistants
Sumeet Bhinder
Required Text
Gerrig, R. J. & Zimbardo, P. G. (2013).
Psychology and Life, (20th ed).
Blackboard
http://blackboard.stonybrook.edu
Evaluation
1. Best 2 grades of exams 1-3; and final exam (equally weighted)
90%
10%
3. Research participation
4. Extra credit available through the You Make the Call challenge,
You Ask the Question, and Professors Dont Bite initiative
up to 7.5%!
Policies
Student Responsibilities
Special needs
DSS
Varsity athletes
Non-native English speakers
Fulfilling course requirements
No early or make-up exams will be given
Written assignments are due Mon Oct 20
Academic dishonesty
Course Schedule
True or False?
1. Although 90 percent of Americans are right-handed, lefthandedness is common in many non-industrialized cultures.
2. Some people dream, others do not.
What is Psychology?
the scientific study of the behavior of
individuals and their mental processes
Psychology Specializations
APA Divisions
Addictions (50)
Adult Development and Aging (20)
American Psychology-Law Society (41)
Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology (21)
Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology (6)
Child, Youth, and Family Services (37)
Clinical Child Psychology (Division 12, Section 1) (53)
Clinical Neuropsychology (40)
Society of Clinical Psychology (12)
Consulting Psychology (13)
Counseling Psychology (17)
Developmental Psychology (7)
Educational Psychology (15)
Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics (5)
Exercise and Sport Psychology (47)
Experimental Analysis of Behavior (25)
Experimental Psychology (3)
Family Psychology (43)
Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy (49)
Health Psychology (38)
History of Psychology (26)
Humanistic Psychology (32)
International Psychology (52)
Media Psychology (46)
Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (33)
Military Psychology (19)
Peace Psychology (48)
Population and Environmental Psychology (34)
Psychoanalysis (39)
Psychological Hypnosis (30)
American Psychological
Association and Association
for Psychological Science
websites
www.apa.org
www.psychologicalscience.org
Integrative
Neuroscience
Cognitive
Science
Clinical
Social and
Health
(Bonita London)
What are the psychological issues that surround cancer and
cancer risk? How does the experience of being a research
participant affect the outcome of the research?
(Anne Moyer)
(Joanne Davila)
(Nancy Franklin)
(Brenda Anderson)
How does the human brain process memories and make
decisions?
(Hoi-Chung Leung)
Freebie Questions
Freebie Question #1
Research psychologists who take a behavioral perspective are
likely to:
(a) assume that the general principles of behavior will hold true
for different species.