Ch. 1 The Science of Mind
Unit 1.1 What is Psychology?
Table of Contents
I. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY............................................................................................................... 5
Learning Objective
1.5 Discuss the importance of the scientific method as a foundation for psychology.
CLASSROOM LECTURES.............................................................................................................................................................5
Lecture 1.1.1: Student Conceptions of Psychology............................................................................................................. 5
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES...........................................................................................................................................................6
Activity 1.1.1: Misconceptions About Psychology............................................................................................................... 6
Activity 1.1.2: What IS Psychology?.......................................................................................................................................... 7
Handout 1.1.2: What IS Psychology?................................................................................................................................... 8
Acitivity 1.1.3: Is It Science?......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Activity 1.1.4: Pick Five.................................................................................................................................................................. 9
WRITING EXERCISES/ASSIGNMENTS.......................................................................................................................................9
Exercise 1.1.1: Shrinks................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Exercise 1.1.2: What Makes People Tick?............................................................................................................................... 9
Exercise 1.1.3: Dr. Phil and You............................................................................................................................................... 10
POLLING BREAKS....................................................................................................................................................................10
Poll 1.1.1: Is Psychology a Science?........................................................................................................................................ 10
REVIEW QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................................................10
Q1.1.1: The Goals of Psychology.............................................................................................................................................. 10
Q1.1.2: What’s on Your Mind?.................................................................................................................................................. 10
DISCUSSION BOARD................................................................................................................................................................11
D1.1.1: Control................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
D1.1.2: What about the Rest of Us?......................................................................................................................................... 11
JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRIES.......................................................................................................................................................11
Entry 1.1.1: Your Preferences................................................................................................................................................... 11
ONLINE CONNECTIONS...........................................................................................................................................................11
Videos................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Websites............................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
RECOMMENDED READING......................................................................................................................................................12
Unit 1.2 What are Psychology’s Roots?
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,II. WHAT ARE PSYCHOLOGY’S ROOTS?.................................................................................... 12
Learning Objectives
Analyze the contributions of philosophy and the natural sciences to modern psychology.
Describe how early movements in psychology are significant for modern psychology.
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
CLASSROOM LECTURES..........................................................................................................................................................12
Lecture 1.2.1: Systems of Psychology.................................................................................................................................... 12
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES.........................................................................................................................................................13
Activity 1.2.6: Psychological Perspectives........................................................................................................................... 13
WRITING EXERCISES/ASSIGNMENTS.....................................................................................................................................14
Exercise 1.2.2: Context................................................................................................................................................................ 14
POLLING BREAKS....................................................................................................................................................................14
Poll 1.2.1: Can We? Should We?............................................................................................................................................... 14
REVIEW QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................................................14
Q1.2.2: Consciousness................................................................................................................................................................. 14
DISCUSSION BOARD................................................................................................................................................................14
D1.2.2: Learning from History.................................................................................................................................................. 14
JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRIES.......................................................................................................................................................14
Entry 1.2.1: The Introspective Illusion................................................................................................................................. 14
ONLINE CONNECTIONS...........................................................................................................................................................15
Videos................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Websites............................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
RECOMMENDED READING......................................................................................................................................................15
Unit 1.3 How Did the Science of Psychology Begin?
III. HOW DID THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY BEGIN?...........................................................15
Learning Objectives
Describe how early movements in psychology are significant for modern psychology.
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
CLASSROOM LECTURES..........................................................................................................................................................16
Lecture 1.3.2: B. F. Skinner ....................................................................................................................................................... 16
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES.........................................................................................................................................................16
Activity 1.3.1: Can You Hear It Now?..................................................................................................................................... 16
Activity 1.3.2: The Stimulus Error.......................................................................................................................................... 17
Activity 1.3.3: Write It Out......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Activity 1.3.4: Everybody Has a Part in the Whole........................................................................................................... 18
Activity 1.3.5: Your Mind on Design....................................................................................................................................... 18
Handout 1.3.5: Gestalt Principles....................................................................................................................................... 20
WRITING EXERCISES/ASSIGNMENTS.....................................................................................................................................23
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in part.
, Exercise 1.3.1: Lucky Socks....................................................................................................................................................... 23
Exercise 1.3.3: Does It REALLY Help?.................................................................................................................................... 23
POLLING BREAKS....................................................................................................................................................................24
Poll 1.3.1: Can We? Should We?............................................................................................................................................... 24
REVIEW QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................................................24
Q1.3.1: Functionalism and Evolution..................................................................................................................................... 24
DISCUSSION BOARD................................................................................................................................................................24
D1.3.1: Lessons from the Father.............................................................................................................................................. 24
JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRIES.......................................................................................................................................................24
Entry 1.3.1: The Introspective Illusion................................................................................................................................. 24
ONLINE CONNECTIONS...........................................................................................................................................................25
Videos................................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
Websites............................................................................................................................................................................................ 25
RECOMMENDED READING......................................................................................................................................................25
Unit 1.4 What are Psychological Perspectives?
IV. A NEW CONNECTIVITY: INTEGRATING PSYCHOLOGY’S FIVE PERSPECTIVES.......25
Learning Objective Identify the five in-depth perspectives of psychology and explain how
integrating these perspectives leads to a more comprehensive and accurate view of behavior
and mental processes.
Explain why issues of diversity and ethics are important to explore across all topics in
psychology.
25
CLASSROOM LECTURES..........................................................................................................................................................25
Lecture 1.4.1: Psychology Comes of Age as a Profession............................................................................................... 25
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES.........................................................................................................................................................27
Activity 1.4.1: How Would You Explain It?.......................................................................................................................... 27
Activity 1.4.2: Approaches to Psychology............................................................................................................................ 27
Handout 1.4.2: Approaches to Psychology..................................................................................................................... 29
Activity 1.4.3: Twenty Propositions....................................................................................................................................... 30
Handout 1.4.3: Twenty Propositions................................................................................................................................ 31
Activity 1.4.4: The Clinical Bias in Psychology................................................................................................................... 32
WRITING EXERCISES/ASSIGNMENTS.....................................................................................................................................32
Exercise 1.4.1: Founding Fathers............................................................................................................................................ 32
Exercise 1.4.2: Where Are the Founding Mothers?.......................................................................................................... 32
Exercise 1.4.3: Is There Only ONE Way?.............................................................................................................................. 33
POLLING BREAKS....................................................................................................................................................................33
Poll 1.4.1: Unplanned Obsolescence....................................................................................................................................... 33
REVIEW QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................................................33
Q1.4.1: Evolutionary and Biological Psychology............................................................................................................... 33
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, Q1.4.2: Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Psychology........................................................................................................ 33
DISCUSSION BOARD................................................................................................................................................................33
D1.4.1: Sociocultural Approaches........................................................................................................................................... 33
D1.4.2: Pick One............................................................................................................................................................................. 33
JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRIES.......................................................................................................................................................34
Entry 1.4.1: Your Preferences................................................................................................................................................... 34
ONLINE CONNECTIONS...........................................................................................................................................................34
Videos................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
Websites............................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
RECOMMENDED READING......................................................................................................................................................34
V. APPLICATION OF MODERN PERSPECTIVES...................................................................35
1. Learning Objective Explain why psychology’s role as a “hub science” supports applications in
many academic fields, contributes to the solutions of critical contemporary problems, and
informs the development of public policies.
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
CLASSROOM LECTURES..........................................................................................................................................................35
Lecture 1.4.2: Psychology Returns to Its Roots: Physiology.........................................................................................35
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES.........................................................................................................................................................36
Activity 1.4.5: Anything You Can Do...................................................................................................................................... 36
Activity 1.4.6: Freud Is Still With Us....................................................................................................................................... 36
Activity 1.4.7: Tackling Multiple Approaches..................................................................................................................... 37
Handout 1.4.7: Topics in Psychology................................................................................................................................ 38
Activity 1.4.8: Applying Psychological Perspectives........................................................................................................ 39
Handout 1.4.8: Applying Psychological Perspectives................................................................................................ 40
Activity 1.4.9: Looking at Relationships.............................................................................................................................. 41
WRITING EXERCISES/ASSIGNMENTS.....................................................................................................................................41
Exercise 1.4.4: Consumer Psychology................................................................................................................................... 41
Exercise 1.4.5: HOAX!................................................................................................................................................................... 41
POLLING BREAKS....................................................................................................................................................................42
Poll 1.4.2: Eclectic Copouts........................................................................................................................................................ 42
REVIEW QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................................................42
Q1.4.3: Using Psychology............................................................................................................................................................ 42
Q1.4.4: Matching Approach and Question........................................................................................................................... 42
DISCUSSION BOARD................................................................................................................................................................42
D1.4.3: Ethnic Identity................................................................................................................................................................. 42
D1.4.4: Behavioral Control......................................................................................................................................................... 42
JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRIES.......................................................................................................................................................43
Entry 1.4.2: Your Preferences................................................................................................................................................... 43
ONLINE CONNECTIONS...........................................................................................................................................................43
Videos................................................................................................................................................................................................. 43
Websites............................................................................................................................................................................................ 43
RECOMMENDED READING......................................................................................................................................................43
I. What is Psychology?
Learning Objective:
1.5 Discuss the importance of the scientific method as a foundation for psychology.
© 2019 Cengage. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or
in part.
Unit 1.1 What is Psychology?
Table of Contents
I. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY............................................................................................................... 5
Learning Objective
1.5 Discuss the importance of the scientific method as a foundation for psychology.
CLASSROOM LECTURES.............................................................................................................................................................5
Lecture 1.1.1: Student Conceptions of Psychology............................................................................................................. 5
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES...........................................................................................................................................................6
Activity 1.1.1: Misconceptions About Psychology............................................................................................................... 6
Activity 1.1.2: What IS Psychology?.......................................................................................................................................... 7
Handout 1.1.2: What IS Psychology?................................................................................................................................... 8
Acitivity 1.1.3: Is It Science?......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Activity 1.1.4: Pick Five.................................................................................................................................................................. 9
WRITING EXERCISES/ASSIGNMENTS.......................................................................................................................................9
Exercise 1.1.1: Shrinks................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Exercise 1.1.2: What Makes People Tick?............................................................................................................................... 9
Exercise 1.1.3: Dr. Phil and You............................................................................................................................................... 10
POLLING BREAKS....................................................................................................................................................................10
Poll 1.1.1: Is Psychology a Science?........................................................................................................................................ 10
REVIEW QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................................................10
Q1.1.1: The Goals of Psychology.............................................................................................................................................. 10
Q1.1.2: What’s on Your Mind?.................................................................................................................................................. 10
DISCUSSION BOARD................................................................................................................................................................11
D1.1.1: Control................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
D1.1.2: What about the Rest of Us?......................................................................................................................................... 11
JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRIES.......................................................................................................................................................11
Entry 1.1.1: Your Preferences................................................................................................................................................... 11
ONLINE CONNECTIONS...........................................................................................................................................................11
Videos................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Websites............................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
RECOMMENDED READING......................................................................................................................................................12
Unit 1.2 What are Psychology’s Roots?
© 2019 Cengage. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or
in part.
,II. WHAT ARE PSYCHOLOGY’S ROOTS?.................................................................................... 12
Learning Objectives
Analyze the contributions of philosophy and the natural sciences to modern psychology.
Describe how early movements in psychology are significant for modern psychology.
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
CLASSROOM LECTURES..........................................................................................................................................................12
Lecture 1.2.1: Systems of Psychology.................................................................................................................................... 12
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES.........................................................................................................................................................13
Activity 1.2.6: Psychological Perspectives........................................................................................................................... 13
WRITING EXERCISES/ASSIGNMENTS.....................................................................................................................................14
Exercise 1.2.2: Context................................................................................................................................................................ 14
POLLING BREAKS....................................................................................................................................................................14
Poll 1.2.1: Can We? Should We?............................................................................................................................................... 14
REVIEW QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................................................14
Q1.2.2: Consciousness................................................................................................................................................................. 14
DISCUSSION BOARD................................................................................................................................................................14
D1.2.2: Learning from History.................................................................................................................................................. 14
JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRIES.......................................................................................................................................................14
Entry 1.2.1: The Introspective Illusion................................................................................................................................. 14
ONLINE CONNECTIONS...........................................................................................................................................................15
Videos................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Websites............................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
RECOMMENDED READING......................................................................................................................................................15
Unit 1.3 How Did the Science of Psychology Begin?
III. HOW DID THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY BEGIN?...........................................................15
Learning Objectives
Describe how early movements in psychology are significant for modern psychology.
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
CLASSROOM LECTURES..........................................................................................................................................................16
Lecture 1.3.2: B. F. Skinner ....................................................................................................................................................... 16
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES.........................................................................................................................................................16
Activity 1.3.1: Can You Hear It Now?..................................................................................................................................... 16
Activity 1.3.2: The Stimulus Error.......................................................................................................................................... 17
Activity 1.3.3: Write It Out......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Activity 1.3.4: Everybody Has a Part in the Whole........................................................................................................... 18
Activity 1.3.5: Your Mind on Design....................................................................................................................................... 18
Handout 1.3.5: Gestalt Principles....................................................................................................................................... 20
WRITING EXERCISES/ASSIGNMENTS.....................................................................................................................................23
© 2019 Cengage. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or
in part.
, Exercise 1.3.1: Lucky Socks....................................................................................................................................................... 23
Exercise 1.3.3: Does It REALLY Help?.................................................................................................................................... 23
POLLING BREAKS....................................................................................................................................................................24
Poll 1.3.1: Can We? Should We?............................................................................................................................................... 24
REVIEW QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................................................24
Q1.3.1: Functionalism and Evolution..................................................................................................................................... 24
DISCUSSION BOARD................................................................................................................................................................24
D1.3.1: Lessons from the Father.............................................................................................................................................. 24
JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRIES.......................................................................................................................................................24
Entry 1.3.1: The Introspective Illusion................................................................................................................................. 24
ONLINE CONNECTIONS...........................................................................................................................................................25
Videos................................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
Websites............................................................................................................................................................................................ 25
RECOMMENDED READING......................................................................................................................................................25
Unit 1.4 What are Psychological Perspectives?
IV. A NEW CONNECTIVITY: INTEGRATING PSYCHOLOGY’S FIVE PERSPECTIVES.......25
Learning Objective Identify the five in-depth perspectives of psychology and explain how
integrating these perspectives leads to a more comprehensive and accurate view of behavior
and mental processes.
Explain why issues of diversity and ethics are important to explore across all topics in
psychology.
25
CLASSROOM LECTURES..........................................................................................................................................................25
Lecture 1.4.1: Psychology Comes of Age as a Profession............................................................................................... 25
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES.........................................................................................................................................................27
Activity 1.4.1: How Would You Explain It?.......................................................................................................................... 27
Activity 1.4.2: Approaches to Psychology............................................................................................................................ 27
Handout 1.4.2: Approaches to Psychology..................................................................................................................... 29
Activity 1.4.3: Twenty Propositions....................................................................................................................................... 30
Handout 1.4.3: Twenty Propositions................................................................................................................................ 31
Activity 1.4.4: The Clinical Bias in Psychology................................................................................................................... 32
WRITING EXERCISES/ASSIGNMENTS.....................................................................................................................................32
Exercise 1.4.1: Founding Fathers............................................................................................................................................ 32
Exercise 1.4.2: Where Are the Founding Mothers?.......................................................................................................... 32
Exercise 1.4.3: Is There Only ONE Way?.............................................................................................................................. 33
POLLING BREAKS....................................................................................................................................................................33
Poll 1.4.1: Unplanned Obsolescence....................................................................................................................................... 33
REVIEW QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................................................33
Q1.4.1: Evolutionary and Biological Psychology............................................................................................................... 33
© 2019 Cengage. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or
in part.
, Q1.4.2: Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Psychology........................................................................................................ 33
DISCUSSION BOARD................................................................................................................................................................33
D1.4.1: Sociocultural Approaches........................................................................................................................................... 33
D1.4.2: Pick One............................................................................................................................................................................. 33
JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRIES.......................................................................................................................................................34
Entry 1.4.1: Your Preferences................................................................................................................................................... 34
ONLINE CONNECTIONS...........................................................................................................................................................34
Videos................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
Websites............................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
RECOMMENDED READING......................................................................................................................................................34
V. APPLICATION OF MODERN PERSPECTIVES...................................................................35
1. Learning Objective Explain why psychology’s role as a “hub science” supports applications in
many academic fields, contributes to the solutions of critical contemporary problems, and
informs the development of public policies.
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
CLASSROOM LECTURES..........................................................................................................................................................35
Lecture 1.4.2: Psychology Returns to Its Roots: Physiology.........................................................................................35
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES.........................................................................................................................................................36
Activity 1.4.5: Anything You Can Do...................................................................................................................................... 36
Activity 1.4.6: Freud Is Still With Us....................................................................................................................................... 36
Activity 1.4.7: Tackling Multiple Approaches..................................................................................................................... 37
Handout 1.4.7: Topics in Psychology................................................................................................................................ 38
Activity 1.4.8: Applying Psychological Perspectives........................................................................................................ 39
Handout 1.4.8: Applying Psychological Perspectives................................................................................................ 40
Activity 1.4.9: Looking at Relationships.............................................................................................................................. 41
WRITING EXERCISES/ASSIGNMENTS.....................................................................................................................................41
Exercise 1.4.4: Consumer Psychology................................................................................................................................... 41
Exercise 1.4.5: HOAX!................................................................................................................................................................... 41
POLLING BREAKS....................................................................................................................................................................42
Poll 1.4.2: Eclectic Copouts........................................................................................................................................................ 42
REVIEW QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................................................42
Q1.4.3: Using Psychology............................................................................................................................................................ 42
Q1.4.4: Matching Approach and Question........................................................................................................................... 42
DISCUSSION BOARD................................................................................................................................................................42
D1.4.3: Ethnic Identity................................................................................................................................................................. 42
D1.4.4: Behavioral Control......................................................................................................................................................... 42
JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRIES.......................................................................................................................................................43
Entry 1.4.2: Your Preferences................................................................................................................................................... 43
ONLINE CONNECTIONS...........................................................................................................................................................43
Videos................................................................................................................................................................................................. 43
Websites............................................................................................................................................................................................ 43
RECOMMENDED READING......................................................................................................................................................43
I. What is Psychology?
Learning Objective:
1.5 Discuss the importance of the scientific method as a foundation for psychology.
© 2019 Cengage. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or
in part.
