Friends,

If you are receiving this message, you are currently enrolled in AS.200.101: Introduction to Psychology. Woohoo! This class was completely revamped a few years ago, and this semester is shaping up to be even more special than in the past. We already have plans for special guests, in-class ‘demonstrations’, and even cute animal videos (most of which will be relevant to the course).

This note is just to let you know about a few quick pieces of info:

• We have a dedicated website for the course, located at https://intropsych.jhu.edu. There, you’ll find a schedule, information about your instructors, a syllabus, and even some inspiration. Check it out! (There’s also a Canvas page, which will come online soon; but we won’t be using that very much, except for submitting assignments and returning grades — more on that when we meet in person.)

• We will be using the iClicker system throughout the course, so it is important that you know how to use it. You can find information about clickers at https://ctei.jhu.edu/tools-and-tech/clickers. Don’t worry too much if you haven’t done this by our first meeting — there won’t be any ‘points’ awarded on the first day anyway — but it will eventually be very important to have this figured out!

• Our first meeting of the semester is Tuesday, August 27, @ 1:30pm, in Hodson Hall 110 (the basement lecture hall). In advance of that class, please prepare by watching this educational film about psychology: https://intropsych.jhu.edu/movie.

Looking forward to meeting (all 460 of) you next week! And to a great semester exploring how the mind works.

😊,
 Chaz

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Chaz Firestone
Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Director, Perception & Mind Laboratory | perception.jhu.edu
Co-Director, Foundations of Mind Group | mind.jhu.edu
Johns Hopkins University