Psychology 120 Introduction to Psychology

Modern psychology is a not "unified" science, i.e., it doesn't offer one theory or an integrated set of theories that explains human behavior. Rather, students of psychology must learn to think "perspectivally;" they must use several distinct theoretical perspectives as lenses to "see" into human motivation. Check out the link below and find a brief discussion of the major perspectives that govern the psychological vision.

http://psychology.about.com/od/psychology101/a/perspectives.htm

Authentic Happiness Psy 120 extra credit

Visit the website below and complete one of the questionaires. Write a one page summary of what you learned from the exercise and submit to your instructor.

https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/

Social Exchange theory

Check out the url to learn more about Social Exchange theory of relationships.

http://family.jrank.org/pages/1595/Social-Exchange-Theory-Major-Contemporary-Concepts.html 

Love styles

Check out this link for more information about John Alan Lee's theory of Love Styles.


https://www.google.com/search?q=LEE%27S+LOVE+STYLES&client=firefox-a&hs=Wip&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=E897UsnfOOjSiAKgmoD4DA&ved=0CE0QsAQ&biw=852&bih=554

Learning styles

There is some evidence that learning styles can be reliably measured using a trait based measure. Try this inventory referenced below and see if the results shed some light on your study preferences and suggest ways to improve your learning.


https://medicine.utah.edu/learningresources/tools/barsch_inventory.pdf

Memory

Check out this site to learn about the information processing model of memory.

http://www.human-memory.net/types.html