{"id":9,"date":"2018-06-26T11:20:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T18:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2018-09-26T11:49:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T18:49:46","slug":"about-psych-102","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/about-psych-102\/","title":{"rendered":"About Psych 102"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tuesday &amp; Thursday\u00a08:00am-9:30am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Classroom:\u00a0<\/strong>Buchanan A Room 101<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><strong><u>Instructors<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0Use Canvas Inbox<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office Hours:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesdays 10:00am &#8211; 11:30 am, Kenny room 3502<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Madison Elliott<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-144 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/943679_4932176261906_628852784_n-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/943679_4932176261906_628852784_n-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/943679_4932176261906_628852784_n-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September 4 &#8211; September 27<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Madison is a PhD student in Cognitive Science. Her academic background includes the study of Vision Science, Computer Science, Visual Art, and Clinical Psychology. Her professional background is in UX\/UI engineering. Madison&#8217;s current research investigates the perception of data visualizations- in other words, how we can look at shapes (like a bunch of dots in a scatterplot) and infer statistical information (like a correlation value).\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siba Ghrear<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-146\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/38294466_10156708591233627_4055227736275288064_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/38294466_10156708591233627_4055227736275288064_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/38294466_10156708591233627_4055227736275288064_n-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 2 &#8211; October 30<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siba is a PhD student in Developmental Psychology. Her research examines children\u2019s ability to reason about other individuals\u2019 perspectives, and the biases (e.g., the curse of knowledge) that limit this ability. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Joanne Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-143\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/Joanne-Park-headshot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/Joanne-Park-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/Joanne-Park-headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/Joanne-Park-headshot-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/Joanne-Park-headshot-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/Joanne-Park-headshot-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November 1 &#8211; November 27<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joanne is a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology. Her research focuses on parent-child relationships, and particularly about how parental characteristics (e.g., ADHD, Executive functioning difficulties, experience of stress) affects how parents think about and respond to their child. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching Assistant:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:michaelmbarrus@gmail.com\">michaelmbarrus@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Office Hours:\u00a0<\/strong>By appointment (just email to schedule a time!)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Barrus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-170\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/barrus_headshot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/barrus_headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/barrus_headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/barrus_headshot-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/files\/2018\/08\/barrus_headshot.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Michael spends his professional life teaching rats how to gamble in The Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioural Neuroscience here at the University of British Columbia. In his time outside the lab, he wanders the waters of British Columbia with fishing gear, a surfboard, and a camera.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Learning Objectives:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This course will introduce you to psychological science. We\u2019ll focus on social, developmental, and health aspects of psychology. We will begin with an introduction to psychology, and then explore specific topics including&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(1)<\/strong> research methods <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(2)<\/strong> emotion and motivation <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(3)<\/strong> intelligence <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(4)<\/strong> social and personality<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(5)<\/strong> development in infancy and early childhood<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(6)<\/strong> stress, coping, and health<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(7)<\/strong> psychological disorders<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(8)<\/strong> psychological treatment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will focus on developing the skills necessary to be critical consumers of psychological science.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong> By the end of this course, you will be able to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Understand and explain psychological science research practices<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Describe theories and research on social and personality psychology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Describe how psychological changes occur across development, focusing on the physical, cognitive, social and moral domains<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Describe the core features and understand the psychological experience of a variety of mental disorders<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appreciate applications of psychological science to everyday life<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday &amp; Thursday\u00a08:00am-9:30am Classroom:\u00a0Buchanan A Room 101 Instructors Email:\u00a0Use Canvas Inbox Office Hours:\u00a0Tuesdays 10:00am &#8211; 11:30 am, Kenny room 3502 Madison Elliott September 4 &#8211; September 27 Madison is a PhD student in Cognitive Science. Her academic background includes the study of Vision Science, Computer Science, Visual Art, and Clinical Psychology. Her professional background is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/about-psych-102\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Psych 102&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58808,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/psyc102egp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}