PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Folk Psychology

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Oliver Michael Hardt

Document Summary

Psyc100 lecture 1 (prof. hardt not in class: general introduction to course content . Study of human mind, human behaviour, and thoughts and feelings. All other kinds of cognition: attention, memory etc. One big thing about psychology in general. (makes psychology unique) A lot of people think their psychology is determined by their experiences in their childhood . Some people think we have reasons to do things. Most things influence us (explored more in social psychology topic) Things just pop into our heads: course structure . 2 midterms best midterm counted this midterm can be either 30% or 50% of your overall final grade. If this midterm is better than your final, it acts as 50% of your grade. If this midterm is worse than your final, it acts as 30% of your grade.