AN INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

WELLNESS WARM-UP• Introduce yourselves to your tablemates.

• Find three similarities (no obvious ones).

• Be prepared to share.

OBJECTIVESI can define psychology.I can explain “What makes me, me?”

WHAT MAKES ME, ME? PLACEMATFill your section of the placemat with images, words, phrases, symbols, or anything else that you believe helps make you, you.

Share your section with your group, explaining the importance of each aspect.

As a group, fill the center of the placemat with common or agreed upon aspects of our lives that make us who we are.

I will call on one member of your group to share your group’s findings. Everyone should Be prepared to share.

WHAT MAKES ME, ME?What Makes Me, Me? A Story of the Theseus.

Microlab Discussion Questions• Are you the same person that you were when you were born?

Why or why not?• If yes, what makes you, you? If not, what changed?

• How does this relate to you as a high school student/teenager?

DEFINITION OF PSYCHOLOGYPsychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes and how these are affected by internal factors and the environment.

A SCIENTIFIC STUDYPsychology uses the scientific method to investigate the behaviors and mental processes of humans and animals.

Reliance on substantial and grounded evidence to make conclusions.

Peer reviewed work. Not Based on Theory and Conjecture…Based on Evidence.

BEHAVIOR: OBSERVABLE ACTIONS THAT ORGANISMS TAKE.

MENTAL PROCESSESWhat occurs internally that allow us to interpret, communicate, and function in our world. MemoryLearningLanguagePerceptionAttentionDecision Making

INTERNAL FACTORS AND THE ENVIRONMENTNATURE AND NURTURE

INTERNAL FACTORS/NATUREOur biological makeup determine how we behave.

GeneticsDiseases/

AbnormalitiesBiological Processes

ENVIRONMENT/NURTUREThe world around us impact the way we behave.

ParentsFriendsReligionEducationCountrySocio-Economic StatusStressors

WHAT DO PSYCHOLOGISTS DO?