Psych 132: Hormones and Behavior
Michael Gorman July 2
Course website • http://gormanlab.ucsd.edu/courses/psyc132.html
• Introduction/ice breaking
• Thinking about scientific experiments/writing
• Identifying questions/issues
Today
Teaching goals • Improve ability to express oneself • Teach science as intellectual discipline rather than as product • Make you more aware of varieties of human experience • Probe connections between animal and human sciences • Become more scientifically literate • Develop non-text reading skills • Develop awareness about social issues • Provide a mental work-out • Make you better readers • Learn nuts/bolts about hormones; about behavior; about connection
between the 2 • Stimulate career interest • Develop ability to work with information of varying degrees of certainty • Balance criticism and positive approaches • Encourage you to evaluate truth of things • Think about your educational goals • Have enjoyable and challenging learning experience
How to approach this topic?
• What hormones do people take or are otherwise exposed to?
How to approach this topic?
• How do hormones affect your behavior? How certain are you?
Groups of 3-5
• Speculate freely on what this could mean
• Think through what you should know to deeply understand how and why this happens
25 min break and reading • Brizendine – “The Female Brain”
• Overall impression
• Specific examples – Are data strong? – Are inferences solid? – How is evidence used?
Everyday Life