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Title: Welcome to Psychology 437


1
Welcome to Psychology 437
  • Advanced Psychology Lab Research Methods in
    Personality Psychology
  • web page
  • http//www.yourpersonality.net/psych437/fall2011/

2
Why is Psychology One of the Most Popular Majors?
3
Why is Psychology One of the Most Popular Majors?
  • Of all the disciplines that exist, psychology is
    one of the few that is explicitly concerned with
    understanding the way people behave, feel, and
    think.

4
Why is Psychology One of the Most Popular Majors?
  • Many of the themes that have characterized
    intellectual inquiry over the years are studied
    by psychologists
  • free will and determinism
  • mind and matter
  • nature and nurture
  • love and loss
  • relationships and emotion
  • personality (growth and disorder)

5
What Makes Psychology Different?
  • So, what is special about psychology, as opposed
    to the study of philosophy, literature, or
    history?
  • The critical difference is that modern psychology
    is based on the scientific method.

6
Psychology
the methods of psychology
the themes of psychology
Natural Science
Psychology, like the humanities, is concerned
with fundamental issues concerning human
experience. However, psychologists use the
methods of the natural sciences to better
understand psychological phenomena.
Philosophy Humanities
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Why Does this Matter?
  • Why do we need the scientific method in order to
    study the human mind?
  • The methods we tend to use are subject to severe
    limitationssome of which we will review in our
    next lecture.

8
Personality
  • Although the study of psychology focuses on big
    issues, such as development, mental functioning,
    and social behavior, the discipline of psychology
    is rather dissociated.
  • Students tend to receive training in specific
    areas of psychology.
  • Students focusing on some areas (e.g.,
    psychobiology) may receive little if any training
    in other areas (e.g., social).

9
Personality
  • Personality psychology is the one subdiscipline
    within psychology that is motivated by issues
    that cut across the various subdisciplines.
  • The science of personality is concerned with
  • The development of people (developmental)
  • The way in which people differ from one another
    (individual differences)
  • The way the mind works (cognitive)
  • The way in which people influence, and are
    influenced, by their cultural and social contexts
    (social)
  • The biological bases of thought, feeling, and
    behavior (biological)

10
Class Objectives
  • The objectives of this course are
  • to illustrate some of the limitations of
    non-scientific approaches to understanding
    personality
  • to teach you how to use the scientific method as
    it applies to the psychology of personality
  • to foster your ability to think critically about
    psychological theories and research (as well as
    other information)
  • to help you better understand your own
    personality through the use of existing research
    paradigms in personality psychology

11
Overview of Syllabus
  • Class web site
  • http//www.yourpersonality.net/psych437/fall2011/
  • Future updates and changes will be reflected in
    the online version of the syllabus.
  • Grading
  • Attendance and written assignments
  • 20 Attendance and participation in lab
    activities
  • 20 Project 1
  • 20 Project 2
  • 40 Assignments

12
Important Notes
  • The lab sections will be meeting in rooms 35 and
    37 of the Psychology Department.
  • Labs will begin this week! Please be sure to
    attend. However, we will only be meeting on Wed
    of this week. We will not have lab on Friday of
    this week.

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Computers in Room 35/37
  • You will need to know your account information to
    log in to the computers in rooms 35/37.
  • Everyone (instructors, students, staff, etc.)
    will need an Active Directory (AD) password to
    login to any psychology computer.  
  • Students should already have AD passwords.
     Please go to the CITES website to create your AD
    password if you do not already haveone
    http//www.cites.illinois.edu/accounts/index.html
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