{"id":15566,"date":"2022-01-11T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipsy101\/?page_id=15566"},"modified":"2022-01-11T05:00:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T05:00:12","slug":"start-here","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipsy101\/startup\/start-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Start here"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>Welcome to the first of three micro-courses that jointly make up the Introduction to Psychology 1 course.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"activity\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipsy101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Watch a video<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to IPSY101! Please watch this brief welcome video from Dr. Kristie Dukewich, the Learning Designer for this micro-course:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-nseekmgey-o\" style=\"max-width:400px;\" class=\"arve aligncenter\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-nseekmgey-o\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nSeeKMGeY-o?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"224.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nSeeKMGeY-o?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"Welcome to IPSY100 Suite of micro-Courses\" width=\"400\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/course.oeru.org\\\/ipsy101\\\/startup\\\/start-here\\\/#arve-youtube-nseekmgey-o\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/nSeeKMGeY-o?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"name\":\"Welcome to IPSY100 Suite of micro-Courses\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<div class=\"arve-error\"><p><small><abbr title=\"Advanced Responsive Video Embedder\">ARVE<\/abbr> error: maxwidth: <code>1280px<\/code> is not valid<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice WEquizMultipleChoice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"assessment\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipsy101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_qmark.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Prior Psychology Knowledge Quiz<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t\n<p>One of the nice things about studying psychology is that, unlike with the study of something like, say, deep sea marine life, you already have years of your own human experience of thinking, choosing, and behaving to reflect on (not to mention all the time you have spent observing others around you live, breathe, think, choose, and behave).\n<\/p>\n<p>Having said that, given the diversity of experience across students who might take this course, it will be useful for you to begin by taking the following general psychology knowledge quiz to see just how much your experience has translated into accurate psychological knowledge.\n<\/p>\n<p>Please mark each of the following statements as either &#8220;True&#8221; or &#8220;False&#8221;:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Playing Mozart\u2019s music to infants boosts their intelligence\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Most people only use 10% of their brain\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Individuals commonly repress memories of traumatic events\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Students learn best when teaching styles are matched to their learning styles\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> The polygraph test Is an accurate means of detecting dishonesty\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> We are most attracted to people who differ from us\u2028\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> The more people present at an emergency, the greater the chance that someone will intervene\u2028\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> People\u2019s responses to inkblots reveal a lot about their personality\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Electroconvulsive (shock) therapy is dangerous\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Adult children of alcoholics have a distinctive profile of symptoms\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Psychiatric admissions and crimes rise during full moons\u2028\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> It\u2019s better to express anger to others than to hold it in\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Men and women communicate in completely different ways\u2028\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Some people are left-brained, others are right-brained\u2028\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Adolescence is inevitably a time of psychological turmoil\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  This is a common misconception. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/10-09-01\/#feature\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about myths in popular psychology.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"activity\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipsy101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Watch a video<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In addition to helping you to learn more about human behaviour, an education in psychology can also help you with is improving your study skills (for all of your courses).\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Read <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.learningscientists.org\/blog\/2016\/8\/18-1\">this brief blog post<\/a> that provides a quick overview of six strategies for effective learning (once again, based on empirical research in psychology).\n<\/li>\n<li> Next, watch this brief video that provides a series of effective study strategies based on empirical research in psychology:\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-dle76e0k0tm\" style=\"max-width:400px;\" class=\"arve aligncenter\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-dle76e0k0tm\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dlE76e0k0tM?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"224.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dlE76e0k0tM?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"Make Things Memorable: How to Study and Learn More Effectively with David G. 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