I usually start with some hands-on activities regarding the field of psychology as most students arrive thinking psychology is all about clinical practice. we discuss the various branches, what they do, etc. i do some misconceptions quizzes (e.g. true or false, hitting a pillow or a stuffed animal will help alleviate anger and is effective in reducing the probability of aggression in the future...). I spend the first 2 periods getting to know the students and how much they know already, misconceptions, questions they have, what they want to learn about, etc. I then pretty much follow the order of your typical general psych. book (start with history of psych, theories, research methods). I spend a lot more time on topics they find of great interest, such as abnormal psychology, learning and memory (lots of fun activities for conditioning, memory, etc.), and less on fields I know less about, such as health psychology.
Michael Lee wrote: > Hello Tips People, > > Well, just finished my first class this morning (Intro Psych) - almost all > 300 showed up! Second section I teach begins in an hour. Anyone else out > there back at it this early in the year?! We are starting the section on > Intelligence and Psychological Measurement, but given how rusty I feel > after our break (our last class was on December 04 - in class term test, > no final) and the general attitude of the students, I decided to keep this > first class relatively short. I opened with some general discussion about > Intelligence, IQ testing, the history, theories of intelligence - talked > only for about 15 minutes, although it would have lasted longer if I > received some feedback from students to questions I was throwing their > way. Then I showed a short film - Zimbardo's Discovering Psychology > series on Testing and Intelligence. This seemed a good way to ease back > into the new year especially after coming back so soon after the New Year > began. > > I'm just wondering how many others out there do something similar > or how many of you start the first class with full force with a full > lecture and all! > > Happy New Year to all! > > Mike Lee, MA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dept of Psych http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~mdlee > University of Manitoba (204) 474-6627 > Winnipeg, MB, Canada P435A Duff Roblin Building > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > E-mail scanned by McAfee. 12/21/01 -- *********** Tasha R. Howe, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Psychology (Developmental) Transylvania University 300 N. Broadway Lexington, KY 40508 Phone: (859) 233-8144 FAX: (859) 281-3507 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/thowe/ftpdpages/index2.html Another website I created: http://www.scbwi-midsouth.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
