Perception 
is everything but it is not the only thing
ask yourself this is perception reality or
is reality perception there are 7.6 billion
people in this world does that mean they're
7.6 billion realities or just one ask yourselves
which one is it 1 or 7.6 I will tell you this
once the doors of perception are cleansed
things will enlighten and appear as they truly
are my thought is that there's one reality
many many different perceptions of that reality
the question is how do you perceive it my
name is Richie Williams I am your psychology
Professor this semester little bit about myself
44 years old I'm coming from a firefighter
paramedic background few years ago I decided
that running into burning buildings not really
what I wanted what I wanted to do was change
your life inspire motivate you help you become
a light in this otherwise Dark World that's
what I'm here for I just want to tell you
a little bit about the class and we're going
to do this semester we are online format so
therefore were using to program called Blackboard
you've been on it for about 2 weeks now it's
a very easy format everything is outline for
you and weekly folders under the tab lessons
the weekly folders will be open every Sunday
evening at midnight and will close the following
Sunday at 11:59 so be sure to have all your
assignments turned in by then you have discussion
questions to do every week I would like those
due on Friday to give myself your classmates
enough time to respond cause you have to respond
to two of one of your classmates responses
you have review exercises and quizzes every
week those are due by Sunday now I know some
of you may be new to this online format so
if you have any issues any problems any questions
whatsoever feel free to give me a call or
shoot me a text or shoot me an email give
me a few moments and I will respond to you
I promise within 24 hours it'll probably be
within an hour or two you are my number one
priority I'm here to ensure your success in
blackboard you have announcements and in those
announcements will be lecture notes now the
lecture notes are not a supplement to the
reading there in addition to the readings
but I want you to get out of my lecture notes
for the questions that I'm asking in them
they are deep questions they are questions
that want you to ask yourself about yourself
they are questions I want you to ask about
life about your relationships people you've
known in the past but man I want you to search
within yourself and look for the answers to
those questions I'm asking because they are
profound they are deep and I promise you when
you figure out the answer you will find out
something new about yourself it will give
yourself an Enlightenment as to who you are
as an individual at least that is my hope
this is an interesting time we live in it's
called a new world I guess there have been
many many many times throughout history where
things have happened that I've changed people's
perception of what the world is this pandemic
we're going through now is one of those times
where our perception of the world has changed
ask yourself this what were you thinking back
in December how is your mode of thinking then
compared to how it is now promise you it's
different the whole world is different events
like this in history that have changed people's
perception of what life is and we're going
through that right now I promise you your
perception of the world was different six
months ago than it is now and when all this
is over with or when it calms down to where
it's not as of big concern as it is right
now your perception of the world will be different
that is the main point perception is everything
or is it that's what I want you to do what
you ask is it I want you to ask why I want
you to ask why on everything that's how you'll
find your answers even if it's an ask why
within yourself ask hopefully you'll be able
to answer it we're going to go over many different
concepts many different aspects of psychology
perception is just one of them it just happens
to be my favorite topic and I want you to
find yours and you will I want you to feel
free to talk to me about any concept and theory
any research anything we go over throughout
the weeks call me call me about I love talking
psychology once a week starting week three
hopefully you all will be able to log on with
me at the same time and we can all come together
and talk about psychology talk about whatever's
going on that we talked about whatever going
on in the world cause it's an Open Class World
anything can be discussed openly your college
students no topic no conversation is off the
table it's all on the table at all on the
table cuz everything in this life everything
in this world is psychological why do people
do the things they do why do you do the things
you do why do I do the things I do these are
questions that we're going to try to find
together I'm going to be your guide over the
next 15 weeks of our very exciting journey
and it's going to be exciting because the
mind is a mystical magical at times a very
confusing place and I'm going to do my best
to un confuse it for you so I'm not going
to get into too much today I just really wanted
to introduce myself to you let you know who
your instructor was I do look forward to seeing
y'all in virtual meetings please feel free
to set up an appointment with me if you need
some extra help with anything that we go over
throughout the weeks or if you just want to
meet and discuss anything my door is always
open physically and virtually
One thing I would like for you to do and this
is actually a free will assignment and I say
free will because you have a choice 
this is a journal I keep I take with me everywhere
everywhere this is a book that I write down
interesting thoughts I have crazy ideas. Might
come across my mind conversations that I have
with friends that I want to remember my right
at all them observations when I'm out especially
if they're unique especially if they're crazy
I write them down that's what I want you to
do want you to keep a journal I don't mean
a diary is not a my dear diary dear Tuesday
it's a journal a thought Behavior reasons
Questions I want to hear and this is not for
me to bring this is not for you to turn into
me this is for you for you alone I want you
after 15 weeks to be able to look back at
your journal from Week 1 and see the progression
of your ideas and thoughts and your take on
behaviors you have seen over the past semester
I just want proof that you have one you get
out of a picture of it and send it to me or
you can show it to me and our very last virtual
meeting which will probably be around week
14 and by the way you will know the time and
place of these meetings and I will put them
in an announcement you all get an email I
hope you show up at the same time if you can't
do not worry they will be safe and on blackboard
for you to view later I don't know for those
of you that which all of you should have already
logged on and access Blackboard and have seen
my announcements then you know at the end
of them are what I like to call motivational
quotes something to get you through the day
the week month or year even if it's just to
get you through the moment they are quotes
either from someone else which I always reference
because I want to give them credit or they're
my own ideas my own motivation if you will
come up with your own write them in your book
you know the world can be very scary it can
be very disturbing some people just aren't
right that's why I give you these quotes because
I want you to be different to be special to
be like I said earlier a guiding light in
this otherwise Dark World be good to people
because yourself everything else will fall
in its place the number one rule in Psychology
with any type of psychological research number
one do no harm not just research Do no harm
is a mantra of life or at least it should
be I have already left yall with several quotes
and I'm not quite through with this video
yet but I wanted to go ahead and give you
one and that is you never know when one word
or one act of kindness would change someone's
life forever now I wish I could have come
up with that one on my own but I didn't a
person named Zig Zigglar did, a motivational
speaker back in the 60s and 70s this what
I want y'all know what I would like for y'all
to do in the next at least until we meet by
week 3 do something kind for someone say something
kind to someone doesn't have to be major I'm
not asking you to go donate $5,000 to a church
I mean something as simple as holding the
door open telling somebody they look nice
just carrying someone's groceries out to the
car for him to do something nice for someone
cause you never know what someone is going
through that day and you're one at the generosity
could change their whole outlook the rest
of their life because you were kind to them
you were kind this is going to be an exciting
siding ride one last thing I'm going to leave
with you everyone within themselves have a
struggle at some point in their life and could
be up throughout their entire life but I promise
you at some point you have a struggle or you've
gone through it good evil good-evil take a
good look at this painting see if you can
pick you out Angelic faces see if you can
figure out the evil which is going to win
this is the struggle many humans have good
versus evil what kind of person are you going
to be it's going to be a great semester guys
I can't wait to get to know you you need anything
call me peace
