1. Reflection on Sociology Favourite part of/thing we did in sociology Least favourite part/thing we did in sociology What I am looking forward to in psychology

2. Intro to Psychology

3. What is psychology Psychology is the study of the human mind and its mental states Psychologists aim to describe, predict, and control behaviour and mental processes

4. Subfields of Psychology Biological – the role of biological process and heredity in explaining behaviour Psychoanalytic - the role of unconscious motivation and early childhood experiences in determining behaviour and thought

5. Subfields of Psychology Behavioural – the role of the environment in shaping and controlling behaviour Cognitive – the importance of the mental processes that underlie behaviour Humanistic – the importance of the individual’s subjective experience as a key to understanding behaviour

6. Pyschology careers Psychologist Therapist Animal care worker Teacher Human rights worker Police officer Mental health worker Social worker Marketing specialist Forensic psychologist Etc.

7. Pyschodynamic theory An approach to therapy that focuses on resolving a patients conflicted conscious and unconscious feelings Unconscious: information processing in our mind that we are not aware of Conscious: information that we are always aware of

8. Sigmund Freud One of the world’s most famous psychologists Believed human consciousness has three distinct parts: id, ego and superego id superego

9. Freud The ego is the rational part of the mind The id is the instinctual aspect of the mind The superego is the minds conscious Freud believed human personality results from the ego's efforts to resolve the conflicts between the impulsive id and the moral superego

10. Freud's Iceberg Theory The id is totally unconscious The ego and superego are both conscious and unconscious

11. Freud continued Because Freud believed that most of the mind was unconscious, he stated that the ego uses defence mechanisms: distorting reality to deal with anxiety Ex. to deal with the loss of a loved one the ego may use denial as a defense mechanism