Cornell Intro Psych 1101: Day 1 Lecture Slides

Introduction To Psychology: An Introduction

P S YC H 1101 FAL L 2 014 P ROF. DAVID P IZ AR RO DAY 1

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What Is This Course About?

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Psychology The tools and methods of science applied to the human mind

Course Overview • • • • • •

A comprehensive introduction to the science of the human mind!

Neuroscientific!

Developmental!

Social!

Cognitive!

Clinical

[Sometimes Includes Related Disciplines] • • • • • • •

Economics!

Evolutionary Biology!

Philosophy!

Anthropology!

Computer Science!

Linguistics! ...

Course Information

course website: www.cornellpsych.net

Course Website • Course Info!

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syllabus, grading, extra credit, reading assignments, exam dates!

People !

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info about instructor, tas, tutors; office hours!

Course Content !

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lecture slides (.pdf format, available for download one day after class)! course announcements! additional links to videos, websites, or articles of interest! content updates generate tweet via @cornellpsych

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Format • •

3 lectures/week!

Recipe for success: attend lectures, do the readings, ask questions!

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3 exams, multiple-choice, questions take (2 non-cumulative prelims and a cumulative final exam)!

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Lectures will be available for download (but they are a poor substitute for attendance)!

Exam 1: Monday, September 29!

Exam 2: Wednesday, October 29!

Final exam: Wednesday, December 10, 7:00-9:30 pm!

The prelim exams are worth 30% of your grade each, the final exam is worth 40% !

Extra Credit •

You can earn extra credit by participating in up to 7 psychology experiments (for up to 5% added to your final grade)!

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Sign up at: https://cornellpsych.sona-systems.com!

Detailed instructions are available here: cornellpsych.net/extracredit!

It can take a couple of weeks for experiments to be made available, so be patient if you log on right away and do not see any available studies for participation.

Tutors, Tas, Sections •

There are 2 graduate student TAs who are each leading a section (PSYCH 1103). Space is limited, so register quickly if you are interested. !

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There are 10 advanced undergraduates who are Psych 1101 tutors !

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One of these tutors is assigned as your primary contact, and will be emailing you.!

They should be your first contact for questions regarding the course.

Other Things •

Students with disabilities!

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Please turn in your accommodation letter to a Tutor or to the front office of the psych department (2nd floor of Uris Hall) as soon as possible. !

Twitter !

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The @cornellpsych twitter account will automatically post links to all the course announcements and lectures slides, so feel free to follow. !

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You can also tweet to @cornellpsych with a question, insight, observation, haiku, interesting link, etc.. I will read them all, and occasionally post a favorite tweet from a student on the lecture slides.

Q&A

Thanks!

On Friday Psychology: The Hardest Science

Professor David Pizarro! email: prof@cornellpsych.net! course website: http://www.cornellpsych.net! @cornellpsych