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    HP1000

    INTRODUCTION TO
    PSYCHOLOGY

    INTRODUCTION

    ASST PROF DARREN YEO


    Course instructors

    Asst. Prof. Darren Yeo Ms. Jerlyn Lam, Ms. Savannah Siew,
    (course coordinator) Ph.D. candidate Ph.D. candidate
    darrenyeo@ntu.edu.sg jerlyn001@e.ntu.edu.sg siew0051@e.ntu.edu.sg
    HSS-04-01
    Student consultation hours:
    By appointment only Research Interests Research Interests
    (Cyberpsychology) (Neuropsychology)
    Research Interests • Social media and personality • Mindfulness
    (Cognitive Psychology) prediction • Brain-based mediation and
    • Numerical cognition • Behaviours in virtual reality prediction
    • Learning and memory
    Intended learning outcomes

    By the end of this course, you should be able to/have:


    • Describe key psychological theories and concepts, including their strengths and limitations
    • Recognise the subjective and variable nature of individual experience
    • Describe how brain, mind and environment interact to influence human behaviour and
    development
    • Use evidence to reason scientifically and make critical judgements of claims and
    arguments about psychological processes
    • Articulate specific examples of how psychological theory applies to questions and events
    in the real world
    • Undertaken experience in psychological research
    • Take charge of your own learning and conduct self-directed study
    Recommended textbook
    Psychology: Core Concepts (7th edition)
    Zimbardo, Johnson, & Hamilton/McCann

    Publisher : Pearson
    Print ISBN : 9781292021249
    eBook ISBN: 9781292034478

    Can be purchased from


    Booklink NTU @ North Spine
    https://www.blinks.com.sg/
    Course assessments
    Components Weightage
    Class Participation 10%
    Research Participant (RP) Programme OR Writing Assignment 5%
    Midterm Quiz 35%
    Final Examination 50%
    Lecture schedule
    Week Date Topics Readings

    1 Jan 15 Introduction (No tutorial) Ch. 1

    2 Jan 22 Biopsychology and Neuroscience (Tutorial 1) Ch. 2

    3 Jan 29 Sensation and Perception (Tutorial 2) Ch. 3

    4 Feb 5 Memory (Tutorial 3) Ch. 5

    5 Feb 12 No lecture due to Chinese New Year (No tutorial) Nil

    6 Feb 19 Learning (Tutorial 4) Ch. 4

    7 Feb 26 Midterm Quiz

    Mar 4 Recess Week


    Lecture schedule
    Week Date Topics Readings

    8 Mar 11 Psychological Disorders (Tutorial 6) Ch. 12

    9 Mar 18 Cognition (Tutorial 7) Ch. 6

    10 Mar 25 Motivation and Emotion (No tutorial due to Good Friday) Ch. 9

    11 Apr 1 Personality (Tutorial 8) Ch. 10

    12 Apr 8 Social Psychology (Tutorial 9) Ch. 11

    13 Apr 15 Development Over the Lifespan (Tutorial 10) Ch. 7


    Tutorials
    Group Day Time Venue
    T1 Tue 1230 – 1320 LHS-TR+44
    T2 Tue 1330 – 1420 LHS-TR+44
    T3 Tue 1430 – 1520 LHS-TR+44
    T4 Fri 1130 – 1220 LHS-TR+31
    T5 Fri 1230 – 1320 LHS-TR+31
    T6 Fri 1330 – 1420 LHS-TR+31
    Research Participation (RP) Programme
    • Provides HP1000 students opportunities to experience how research is conducted by
    participating as human subjects in research studies
    • Provides a pool of human subjects for recruitment into research conducted by NTU
    students, staff and faculty
    Research Participation (RP) Programme
    • Participation in approved research (sign-up
    via SONA: https://ntuhss.sona-
    systems.com/)
    • To fulfill 10 RP credits (5 hours)
    • Period: 5 Feb 2024 – 19 Apr 2024
    • RP Coordinator:
    psychresearchadmin@ntu.edu.sg
    • Under 21 years of age (considered a
    minor), please submit a parent/guardian
    consent form to RP Coordinator
    • Note: To view all eligible studies,
    please go to “My Profile” and
    update your birthday and birth year.
    Once updated, log out and close the
    browser. When you log in again, you
    should be able to see the studies
    available to you.
    Research Ethics
    Institutional Review Board (IRB)/ Ethics Review Committee
    System of checks and balances for research with human subjects
    • Reviews research proposals before data collection
    • Ensures the rights, safety and well-being of potential study
    participants

    Informed Consent Participate in study Debriefing


    Research Participation (RP) Programme
    • Alternative to RP: Complete short writing assignment
    • Please notify Prof Yeo by 3 Mar 2024 (i.e., before Recess Week)
    • We will assume you will be participating in RP if no notification is received

    • Deadline for submission is 19 Apr 2024 (last day of Week 13)


    What is psychology?

    “mind”
    “a field of study”

    The science of behavior and mental processes


    What are the colours of this dress?
    Why is this happening?
    Psychology is not all about…
    Goals of psychological science
    Description Explanation
    What is happening? Why is it happening?

    Prediction Control
    What impact will something have on later How can it be changed?
    outcomes? Will it happen again?
    Subfields of psychology
    Personality and
    Abnormal/ Individual
    Clinical Biological Cognitive Developmental Social Differences

    Criminology, Consumer, Counseling, Cultural, Educational/School,


    Environmental, Evolutionary, Forensic, Health, Gerontology, Industrial-
    Organisational, Positive, Quantitative, Sports, etc.

    https://www.ntu.edu.sg/sss/psychology/our-people
    Process of scientific research
    Scientific method: To test ideas empirically

    • Based on direct experience through


    systematic observations and
    measurements, not theory or reason-
    based approaches

    • Seek to develop theories – testable


    explanations for a broad set of facts or
    observations

    Research is a dynamic and iterative process


    Develop a question

    Mueller & Oppenheimer (2014),


    Psychological Science, 25(6),
    1159–1168

    Is laptop note-taking less effective for learning than


    longhand note-taking?
    If so, why?
    Develop a hypothesis
    Hypothesis
    Specific testable and falsifiable idea or prediction about the
    relationship between two or more variables or constructs

    Example:

    If students take notes on laptop instead of by longhand,


    then they are likely to take verbatim notes and learning
    will be less effective
    Develop a hypothesis
    Operational definitions
    Exact procedures used in establishing experimental
    conditions and measurement of results

    Independent variable: method of note-taking (laptop vs.


    longhand)

    Dependent variables: Amount of verbatim overlap, quiz


    performance

    Example:
    Compared to longhand note-taking, taking notes on
    laptop will result in low quiz performance, which may be
    due to greater amount of verbatim overlap
    Collect data

    Population à Sample: University students

    Quiz Quiz
    Notes Item 1 Notes Item 1
    Item 2 … Item 2 …
    Analyse the results
    Report the results

    Scientific findings are always tentative, and theories


    may be modified by newer data

    Read: summary
    Psychology vs. pseudo-psychology
    Pseudo-psychology
    Unsupported psychological beliefs masquerading as scientific truth
    Psychology or pseudo-psychology?

    Would you enroll


    your child in right-
    brain training
    programmes?

    How To Train Your Baby To Be Super Smart (full episode)


    Critical evaluation of claims
    1. What is the source?
    2. Is the claim reasonable or
    extreme?
    3. What is the evidence?
    4. Could bias contaminate the
    conclusion?
    5. Does the reasoning avoid
    common fallacies?
    6. Does the issue require multiple
    perspectives?

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