1. Why Study Psychology?

2.  Nowhere, yet. Here we go!

3.  What you will learn today: What you want to learn Behavior and Mental Processes are the two components of Psychology Goals of Psychology Psychology as a Science

5.  Why people act as they do

6.  Why you act as you do

7.  Why people act as they do  Why you act as you do  Learn about your thoughts and feelings

8.  Why people act as they do  Why you act as you do  Learn about your thoughts and feelings  Help others handle the stresses of daily life

9.  Why people act as they do  Why you act as you do  Learn about your thoughts and feelings  Help others handle the stresses of daily life  Whatever your reason, psychology will give you new ways to interpret your world and the people who inhabit it

11.  Psychology- the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

12.  Behavior- any action that other people can observe or measure

13.  Psychology- the scientific study of behavior and mental processes  Behavior- any action that other people can observe or measure  Cognitive Activities- private mental processes

15.  Observe

16.  Describe

17.  Observe  Describe  Explain

18.  Observe  Describe  Explain  Predict

19.  Observe  Describe  Explain  Predict  Control

21.  How does an athlete perfect their skills?

22. Repetition, repetition, repetition

23.  How does an athlete perfect their skills? Repetition, repetition, repetition  What does an athlete do to prepare the day of their competition?

24.  How does an athlete perfect their skills? Repetition, repetition, repetition  What does an athlete do to prepare the day of their competition? Positive Visualization- athletes imagine themselves going through the motions

25.  How does an athlete perfect their skills? Repetition, repetition, repetition  What does an athlete do to prepare the day of their competition? Positive Visualization- athletes imagine themselves going through the motions  How does an athlete feel just prior to their competition?

26.  How does an athlete perfect their skills? Repetition, repetition, repetition  What does an athlete do to prepare the day of their competition? Positive Visualization- athletes imagine themselves going through the motions  How does an athlete feel just prior to their competition? Anxiety to perform

27.  Page 5 in our texts explains how a professional football placekicker went through the routine each athlete completes that we just discussed  Psychologists examine his behavior using the 5 goals of psychology

29.  Psychology is a social science

30.  Social Sciences deal with the structure of human society and the nature of individuals who make up that society

31.  Psychology is a social science  Social Sciences deal with the structure of human society and the nature of individuals who make up that society  Psychology is closely related to natural sciences

32.  Psychology is a social science  Social Sciences deal with the structure of human society and the nature of individuals who make up that society  Psychology is closely related to natural sciences Concerned with the nature of the physical world

33.  Psychology is a social science  Social Sciences deal with the structure of human society and the nature of individuals who make up that society  Psychology is closely related to natural sciences Concerned with the nature of the physical world Psychologists follow the scientific method in their research

34.  Psychology mainly tests ideas through surveys and experimentation

35.  They then organize these ideas into theories

36.  Psychology mainly tests ideas through surveys and experimentation  They then organize these ideas into theories  Theory- statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and happen the way they do

37.  Psychology mainly tests ideas through surveys and experimentation  They then organize these ideas into theories  Theory- statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and happen the way they do  Useful Theories allow psychologists to predict behavior and mental processes

38.  Psychology mainly tests ideas through surveys and experimentation  They then organize these ideas into theories  Theory- statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and happen the way they do  Useful Theories allow psychologists to predict behavior and mental processes  If a theory does not accurately predict behavior or mental processes, psychologists consider revising or replacing the theory

40.  What you wanted to learn

41.  Behavior and Mental Processes are the two components of Psychology

42.  What you wanted to learn  Behavior and Mental Processes are the two components of Psychology  Goals of Psychology

43.  What you wanted to learn  Behavior and Mental Processes are the two components of Psychology  Goals of Psychology  Psychology as a Science

44.  Parapsychology: The supernatural  Watching Secrets of the Psychics