Prologue: The Story of Psychology
Learning Objectives:
What are some important milestones in psychology’s early development?
How did psychology continue to develop from the 1920s through today?
What is psychology’s historic big issue?
What are psychology’s levels of analysis and related perspectives?
What are psychology’s main subfields?
Essential Questions:
Why did the GBN hazing ritual become so out of control and why did those girls participate in the first
place?
What makes people go wrong? And how can we use this information to encourage more heroes?
Can prejudice ever be a good thing?
To what degree and in what ways are our decisions swayed by implicit social biases?
Do video games & movies teach violence or act as a healthy release of aggression?
How can governments combat terrorism and/or extremism?
What is the recipe for falling in love?
Directions: Read Prologue of ebook and take notes below. Add to your notes
during class lectures and/or discussions.
As you take notes, follow these guidelines:
● Bold key vocabulary
● Highlight important people in a consistent color
● Add class notes in a different, consistent color
● Take sufficient notes with selective (not too much verbiage) and
accurate paraphrasing
● Skip a line between ideas and topics
● Use bulleted lists and abbreviations
● Correctly sequence information
● Include diagrams or tables if needed for clarification
REDUCE & then RECITE
(Key Vocab / Concepts
and Questions)
RECORD for REVIEW
(Definitions / Supporting Details and Ideas)
P.1 What is Psychology
P.1.1 PSYCHOLOGY’S
ROOTS
P.1.2 PSYCHOLOGICAL
SCIENCE DEVELOPS
P.2 Contemporary Psychology
P.2.1 PSYCHOLOGY’S
BIGGEST QUESTIONS
P.2.2 PSYCHOLOGY’S THREE
MAIN LEVELS OF ANALYSIS
P.2.3 PSYCHOLOGY’S
SUBFIELDS
Summary / Personal Connections
In your own words and in complete sentences, write a 3 – 4 sentence summary paragraph. Your summary should cover the main
concepts of the notes, be accurate, and have adequate details. In addition, identify 2 examples of how the content from this section of
reading connects to your own life and/or a current event, Your analysis should be genuine and include a detailed explanation of how each
concept connects to your own life or larger society.