PSY-0001 Lecture 1: Lecture #1 - Intro
22 Sep 2015
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Prior experiences affect the way we process information (passage on laundry) Psychology: the study of mind, brain, and behavior. 5th edition of textbook is necessary: recommended: dsm 5 update, course website: *trunk* Ways to communicate: faq document, check syllabus, office hours, contact simon (ta, email: last resort usually for administrative matters. Mc and short answer (very very short, specific answers) Best of 3 counted: sept 24, oct 13, oct 39, nov 24, comprehensive (covers the entire class) final during finals week (40%) Recommendations: resources online: questions from readings on textbook, right after the exam check out questions you weren"t sure about, access online textbook (?) Experimental requirement: 6 hours of participation or 7-page research paper, research participation (on trunk) Memory test drm task (roediger & mcdermott 1995: demonstrates how we use past experiences to predict the future, participants are very likely to recall a critical lure that wasn"t presented.
