PSYC1001 Lecture : PSYC1001 Notes
12 Jun 2018
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About Psych 1001
ORIENTATION
Psychology - the 'scientific study of mind, brain and behaviour'
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Underdeveloped; always changing
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Who we are; how we think
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Broad field - moving into other fields --> psychology of the internet; psychology of first impressions
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What we will get from this course --> snapshot of psychology from the leaders of psychology (researchers etc.)
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Taught by people who sculpture the field
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Science news popping up in media --> half of that is wrong
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Teach the skills of identifying which skills are true
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How to find the truth about psychology
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Psychology is a science
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2009 Obama inauguration vs 2017 Trump Inauguration
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Obama's had more people as it seems from the photograph
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How we evaluate the truth of this situation?
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Both photos were taken 40 minutes before speech was given
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Perhaps there have been reasons mitigating in the images
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Ticketing booth in trump's inauguration --> entrance wasn't open yet, traffic was bad etc.
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Case study: Trump inauguration
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As scientists, we manipulate and control these variables in experiments
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To make sure that when capture the data, we have a controlled experiment (conditions in both situations are the
same)
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ABOUT PSYCH 1001
Who is Psych 1001?
Taught by the research leaders in the field of psych
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Busy people --> need to be leaders in their respective field of research
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Please don't ask questions directly over email --> unlikely get a response
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Dr. David White --> course coordinator/also a researcher in face recognition
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Wait until 3rd or 4th year before getting face identification course
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Part of the forensic psychology lab with the legal system --> witness identification research
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Coordinator --> organise lectures, type the time slots, coherent in the content
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Not the first port of call in emails
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Head tutor --> organises and coordinates tutors - James Dunn
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If you have questions, first point of call is your tutor
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Michelle Huynh
1A - Introduction (White)
Monday, February 26, 2018
8:59 PM
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Where is Psych 1001?
Lectures: Clancy Auditorium and Matthews Theatre A (evening class)
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Tutorials: Matthews Building
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Course outline --> everything you need to know about the course
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On Moodle
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Questions not covered in course outline --> email Danny Chen through [email protected].au (generic email)
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Quick response --> put course code in subject head
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Moodle - online educational management system
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Quizzes, interactive content, forums, assignment submissions
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Lecture recordings - uploaded to Moodle
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Slides would be put up after each lecture (depends on lecturer)
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Not required
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Lecture is not created based on text but some of it does come from it --> but text does broaden the learning
experience
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There is a digital copy
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Textbook: Psychology: from inquiry to understanding 2nd ed.
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When is Psych 1001?
3 lectures each week --> 1 hr. each (repeated in the evening)
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Purpose of tutorials --> prepare for exams, ask direct questions
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From week 3, tutorials are small, class based --> 1 hr. each
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What is Psych 1001?
You will learn:
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Safeguarding mental health disorders
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History of psychology
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What psychology is and why we study psychology the way we do
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Week 1 --> Psychological and Clinical perspectives
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How the brain develops
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How we change in terms of psychological processes in areas of our life
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Cognitive abilities
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Weeks 2 & 3 --> Child and Adult Development
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Humans and how we interact with others
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Focus on group situations
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Weeks 4 - 6 --> Social Psychology
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Mental clarity
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How do we know we are here presently
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Weeks 6 & 7 --> Consciousness
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Internal emotional state - impact on behaviour
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Weeks 7 & 8 --> Emotion and Motivation
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Who we are as a person
Weeks 8 - 10 --> Personality and Individual Differences
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Who we are as a person
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Lifestyle habits
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How we eat
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Can we improve the way people are taught to eat well; how to discourage smoking etc.
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Weeks 10 & 11 --> Health Psychology
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Psychological principles - what makes us the brains of certain individuals
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What makes up the personality and thinking of one culture
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Does it transfer to other cultures?
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Week 12 --> Cultural Psychology
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How is Psych 1001?
Assessment structure of course
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Important to pass the course --> if you don't pass this course, can't go on to do more psychology
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SONA --> psychology can't survive as a science without participation and initiation of lab experiments
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RSA - training ability to find information and sources to understand how information is derived in psychology pages
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Mid-semester exams --> done in computer labs
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SONA - can do an additional 6 points to add a 4% bonus to your grade
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