What is Psychology 100?

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What is Psychology 100?

• Who are you? Who are we?
• Of what use is PSY100 to you?
• Where do we go from here?
• How to do well in PSY100?

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• PSY 100Y full-course

or

• PSY 101H half-course reserved solely (by
  special permission) for some of the students in
  the Neuroscience Program
• Pre- or Co-requisites
• BIO 150Y
• CHM 138H
• MAT 135Y
• PHY 110Y/138Y

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Who are we?
Plus many others...
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How to connect with PSY100 staff
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Day and Evening Sections
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What are the Rules of Conduct in Con. Hall?
Dont ...
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What are the Course Readings? (available at the U
of T Bookstore)
Study Guide to accompany Gleitman et. al.
(Learning-Objectives questions)
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What are the sources of material for tests?
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What are the components of your final grade in
PSY100?
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How have past students viewed PSY100?
Excerpt from a previous years ASSU
Anti-Calendar, describing students responses to
PSY100
Tests were considered difficult and challenging
and required intense knowledge of the course
material. Many found the amount of reading
material to be largeThe website was a useful
addition to the course, and students liked the
on-line tutorials.
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What is Psychology as a discipline?
A science of behavior and mental processes.
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What is the etymology of the word Psychology?
Psych - ology
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PSY100 Fall Term
Term Test I October 23
Mental processes
Term Test II December 4
Perception
Memory
Thinking
Language
PSY100 Spring Term
Research Methods
Social factors
Development
Individual differences
Term Test III February 26
Personality
Intelligence
Final Exam (including everything) April-May
Psychopathology
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How will you manage your reading schedule for
PSY100?
1. About how many pages are there in the Gleitman
text?
900
2. How many weeks are there in the term?
26
3. What is the average number of pages per week?
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What should one get out of Chapter 1 in Gleitman?

• To be able to describe the range of phenomena
  that psychologists consider. According to
  Gleitman, how does the study of dreams help to
  show this range?

• To be able to discuss what Gleitman considers to
  be the main purpose(s) of psychology.

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How will you be able to excel in PSY100?

• Determinants of success --
• Resources for you in PSY100
• Using the PSY100 web site

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Five factors that have distinguished the higher
performers from the lower performers in PSY100

• Adapting to the university culture
• Using effective time management
• Developing appropriate methods of study
• Distinguishing between process and product in
  lectures
• Exploiting available resources

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Some tips from successful senior students

• Realize that high school behaviors are not
  appropriate university behaviors.
• Realize that study habits that work in high
  school can spell disaster here.
• Treat your instructors as professionals.
• Expect to be treated as professionals.
• Determine your own career pathleave your parents
  at HOME.
• Take a proactive approach to enhancing your
  academic skills.
• Manage your timewhat you do in the first six
  weeks of class will largely determine your
  success or failure.
• Take responsibility for your own successes and
  failures and expect a little of both.
• Understand that professors think you came to
  learn. Thats why they act the way they do.