PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kosha, Falsifiability, Availability Heuristic

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 105
• Professor: Kristen Vikers

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Overview: syllabus and expectations, what is psychology, the history of psychology, evaluating psychological claims. Your teaching assistant: see blackboard for more information about your teaching assistant. Contacting us: look on blackboard first the answer is probably there, email is the best mode of communication, use only your ryerson email account for correspondence, best way to email is via the blackboard email function! Course overview: using blackboard: https://my. ryerson. ca, this course introduces students to psychology, the scientific study of behaviour and cognition, including, scientific thinking and research methods (chs. 1 & 2: biological bases of behaviour (ch. On blackboard: syllabus, course outline, assignments, marks, textbook. Each exam will have 75 multiple choice questions. Exam 1 (25%): chapters 1 3 (approximately 25 questions/chapter) Exam 2 (25%): chapters 4 6 (approximately 25 questions/chapter) Exam 3 (25%): chapters 7 & 8 + material from chapters 1 6. ~ 25 questions from chapters 1 6.