PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Scientific Method, Popular Psychology, Social Cognition

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: James Mac Dougall

Document Summary

Two midterms oct 6 (25%) during class time (multiple choice), november 3 (25%) during class time. Final 50% cumulative (whole course waited for second part obviously) Office hours (tuesday 12-1:45) in stewart n 7/18 (a) One day talk to him about inuit people. 4 levels of analysis reflecting common research methods: real life and clinical applications, background to scientific method, statistics, biological slant, mental disorders, ethics, biological brain and all the chemical activity in relationship to behaviour. Brain systems, neurochemistry, genetics, neuroananatomy, animal research, brain imaging, neurotransmitters, hormones, drug studies, gene mechanisms, heritability, twin/adoption studies: individual behavioural psychology. Individual differences, perception and cognition, behaviour, personality, gender, developmental age groups, self-concepts, thinking, decision making, language, memory, seeing, hearing, observable actions, responses, physical movements: social working together as a group, how situations change within a group. Interpersonal bahviour, social cognition, groups, relationships, persuasion, influence, workplace, attitudes, stereotypes, perceptions: cultural customs, ways, language, mannerisms, relationships, marriage, norms, beliefs, values, symbols, ethnicity.