Psychology 101

The Danger of a Single Story 

  • Old 

  • Key TakeAways 

    • Groups and Stereotypes 

    • Start the story from the end and who was narrating the story 

    • Implessive Bias has a huge effort on people (what happening the subconscious that cause this bias)

    • Basing our bias on their experiences

    • The author has a her own bias (causes us to be self-aware of your biases) 

    • Not all stereotypes are not incorrect but are can be dangerous 

  • Connection to psychology 

    • Autism Stigmas 

    • Research 

    • Trying to draw conclusion based on they way they ask 

    • Multiply factor as 


The theory of the mind 

  • Have an open mind 

  • Everyone has their own way of thinking 


Growth mindset vs Fixed Mindset 

  • Growth Mindset 

    • Mindset that allows you to develop when you are questioning ideas or trying new things 

  • Fixed Mindset 

    • Mindset that keeps you stuck in your ideas 


Pop Quiz 

  • Psychology (goes to graduate school) and Psychiatrist (medical doctor) both can provide psychotherapy

  • Psychology studies biology 

  • Everyone dreams 

  • People gravitate to people with similar values 


Psychology

  • Scientific study of how we feel, think, and behave 

  • Scientific of ABC

    • A(Affect) B(behave) C(Cognitive) 


Four goals of Psychology 

  • Describe (THE WHAT= WHAT IS IT)

  • Explain (WHY IT IS)

  • Predict (WHEN WE CAN SEE)

  • Control (IMPROVE)  

Why we study psychology 

  • Brain 

  • Natural curiosity 


Three big question 

  • Natural (born with) vs Nurture (environment)

  • Change vs Stability 

  • Universal(experience in similar ways) or Unique(different experience)


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Old School thought 

Structure 

  • Wihelm Wundt 

    • Psychologist 

    • Created the psychology lab (give participants an object, prescribe an action, describe the object)

    • Structural = what is the mind, breaking down the mind to itself to the simple mindset (first school of thought) (old school of thought)

      • Attempting answer the first goal of psychology

      • Example Cell Phone, touch it , see it, describe it 

Function 

  • Attempting answer the second goal of psychology “why”

  • Evolutionary standpoint (example: why would a 55 year old date a 18 year old (childbaring age, easy control)

  • WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF OUR BEHAVIOR AND HOW DOES IT CONTRIBUTE TO US SURVIVING.


Gestalt 

  • The sum or whole of the part has a greater power than the individual parts 

  • Entire picture (slides)


Psychoanalysis (form of theory)

  • Sigmund freud (unconscious)(iceberg)

    • We don't have access to the whole mind (the unconscious mind) 

    • Iceberg (why only have access to the tip, and the worst is under the water)

  • Example: titanic 

  • ID: drive by sex and aggression (pleasure) underwater in the iceberg

  • Superege: moral powerhouse

  • Ego: Balance between the superego and ID 





*Psychology lost its soul than lost it mind” 

  • Not about the soul not a pseudoscience 

  •  Only want to focus on the observe  



Behavioral 

  • Only focus on what we can observe 

  • Classical condition 

    • Learning, Stimuli, Rewards, Consequences

  • Example Time (THis psychologist is only interested in rewards thought reactions)


Humanism 

  • Looks at the good 

  • To self-actualize 

    • Leave your best life

  • Carl Rogers

    • Study health happy people


Psychology has a lot of white people 

  • Western/White 

  • Educated 

  • Industrialized 


Howard is one of two HBCU with an uncredited Graduate programs 

  • Leading Black Psychologist in the 1970s 


WEIRD

  • The samples from white people (not representing the general population) 

  • Have to mindful when looking at data and research WHAT IS N/A and A


Psychologist 

  • Research 

  • Teach 

  • Practice (lienced)


5 Pillars (Every pillar matters)

  • Biological (Everything psychological is biological)

    • Nature question

    • Medical 

    • Neurons (Neurotransmitters)

      • We can go inside the brain 

  • Cognitive (Thinking)

    • ABC

    • Thinking process (decision, problem solving, reason, laguage) 

    • How are you think about the world 

    • Executive thinking 

  • Clinical (Mental) (Can see them NOT JUST RESEARCH)

    • Partens and Behavioral 

    • Treatment 

    • NEED TO LICENCE 

  • Developmental 

    • Changes that happens in the lifetime 

    • Growth and Change 

    • Attachment 

  • Social and Personality (Social)

    • Diversity 

    • Culture 


Biopsychosocial Model 

  • Looking at every pillar 

  • Must collaborate to understand even avenue 


Example 

  • Fear of Speaking in Public 

    • Clinical Psychology 

  • Psychologist who is interested in mental process when playing chess 

    • Cognitive 


*PSYCHOLOGY IS NOT A PSEUDOSCIENCE (NOT FAKE)


Thinking Errors

  • Confirmation bias

    • Only looking for things that support your ideas

  • Bandwagon 

    • Doing because everyone else is doing it 


Most psychologist are clinical

  • Hard to get in 


Applied Specialized 

  • Development is not hear because it large problem time 

  • Applied (problem solve)

    • Goal to solve problem  

  • Basic (curiosity)

    • Research for research