Psychology 101

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Psychology 101

• Brian Nosek
• nosek_at_virginia.edu
• 924-0666 Gilmer 015
• Office Hrs W 9-1030a
• Dieynaba Ndiaye (dgn2h_at_ Gilmer 323d M 1-3p)
• Shari Steinman (sas6sy_at_ Gilmer 202 M
  930-1130a)

Todays Music Selections
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Psychological Science

• How do humans work?
• Why do humans work that way?

Moral and Ethical codes
How should humans act? What is just, correct, or
moral behavior?
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How?
Psychology works by generating hypotheses and
submitting them to systematic empirical
investigation
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Error for Armed condition didnt shoot the
suspect Error for Unarmed condition shot the
suspect
Correll, Park, Judd, Wittenbrink, 2002, Study 2
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Assumptions of Scientific Psychology Materialism
Brains make minds Evolution Brains make
brains Idealism Minds make reality Sociality
Minds are networked Empiricism Measurement
matters
Democritus Darwin
Kant Adam Smith
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Empiricism
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Class Notes

• TAs Dieynaba Ndiaye, Shari Steinman
• Read Syllabus Carefully
• No Class Oct 11th
• Book Gray, Psychology, 5th Ed.
• Review sessions before each exam
• http//briannosek.com/teaching/101.htm

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Grading Criteria

• 3 midterms and a final
• Choice of grading scale
• Option 1 Option 2
• complete all midterms 2 of 3 midterms
• worst midterm 15 midterms 33.3 each
• best midterms 30 final 33.3
• final 25
• reward improvement
• Choice made by skipping an exam, no makeups
• VOID option

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Exams

• Lecture and Book
• Multiple choice exams
• Lectures are not summaries of reading material
• Lecture what and why questions much more than
  who, when, and where
• Book focus questions

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Focus Questions
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Reading

• Gray, Psychology, 5th Edition
• 1st exam 152 pages
• 2nd exam 90 pages
• 3rd exam 136 pages
• Final 96 pages big ideas from whole semester
• 4.5 pages per day

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Grades

• Curve guarantees that at least 63-65 of class
  will get in the B range or better
• Curve applied to final grades only
• Therefore, no letter grades until final grade

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Participate in six credits of Psychology studies

• Register at
• http//www.virginia.edu/psychology/ppool/
• Finish 3 credits by October 21st

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Notes

• Slides on web site by 10pm evening before class
• TA notes posted by day after class

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Feedback

• Direct (email or in person)
• Anonymous (website)
• Through TAs

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Psychology 101

• Key Ideas
• 1. Psychology is the study of us
• 2. Psychological science uses measurement and
  observation to test hypotheses
• 3. Psychology studies how humans work, not how
  they should work

Next Time The Scientific Method