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Learning Goals
I.
Defining and Describing Psychology
A.
Understand the Modern Definition of Psychology
1.
Explain what is meant by mind
2.
Explain what is meant by behavior
B.
Distinguish Among Clinical, Applied, and Research Psychologists
1.
Describe the activities and typical workplace of clinical, applied, and research
psychologists
2.
Compare clinical and counseling psychologists
3.
Distinguish between psychologists and psychiatrists
II.
Trace the History of Scientific Psychology
A.
Understand What Is Meant by the Mind-Body Problem
1.
Describe Descartes’ position on the mind-body problem
2.
Describe the modern approach to the mind-body problem
B.
Contrast the Different Viewpoints on the Origin of Knowledge
1.
Describe the empiricist view of the origin of knowledge
2.
Describe the nativist view of the origin of knowledge
3.
Define natural selection and explain how it relates to the debate about the origin
of knowledge and behavior
4.
Discuss the current view of the influence of “nature” and “nurture” on the mind
and behavior
C.
Trace the Development of the First Scientific Schools of Psychology
1.
Identify the event that marked the birth of psychology as a science
2.
Describe the guiding focus and methods of structuralism, functionalism, and
behaviorism
3.
Identify the major figures associated with each school of psychology
4.
Explain why these different approaches to the study of psychology developed
D.
Note the Early Clinical Contributions of Freud and the Humanists
1.
Compare the central concepts and techniques of psychoanalysis and humanistic
psychology
2.
Identify the major figures associated with each approach
E.
Highlight the Contributions of Women to the Development of Psychology as a Field
III.
Understand and Describe the Focus of Modern Psychology
A.
Understand What It Means to Adopt an Eclectic Approach
B.
Understand the Factors That Started the Cognitive Revolution
C.
Trace Recent Developments in Biology and Evolutionary Psychology and Discuss How
They Influence Modern Psychology
D.
Explain Why Psychologists Think Cultural Factors Are Important Determinants of
Behavior and Mind