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CHAPTER 1 KEY LEARNING GOALS
1.1 Summarize Wundt's and Hall’s accomplishments and contributions to psychology.
1.2 Describe the chief tenets of structuralism and functionalism and their impact on the development of
psychology.
1.3 Articulate Freud's principal ideas and why they inspired controversy.
1.4 Trace the development of behaviorism and assess Watson’s impact on the evolution of psychology.
1.5 Summarize Skinner's key insights and why they were controversial.
1.6 Explain the impetus for the emergence of humanism and its underlying philosophy.
1.7 Discuss how historical events contributed to the emergence of psychology as a profession.
1.8 Describe two trends emerging in the 1950s-1960s that represented a return to psychology's
intellectual roots.
1.9 Explain why Western psychology has shown an increased interest in cultural variables in recent
decades.
1.10 Discuss the emergence and basic ideas of evolutionary psychology.
1.11 Explain the development and principal tenets of the positive psychology movement.
1.12 Discuss the growth of psychology and identify the most common work settings for contemporary
psychologists.
1.13 List and describe nine major research areas in psychology.
1.14 List and describe six professional specialties in psychology and distinguish between clinical
psychology and psychiatry.
1.15 Clarify the text's three unifying themes relating to psychology as a field of study.
1.16 Clarify the text's four unifying themes relating to psychology's subject matter.
1.17 Review three important considerations in designing a program to promote adequate studying.
1.18 Describe the SQ3R method and discuss text-marking strategies.
1.19 Summarize advice provided on how to get more out of lectures.
1.20 Summarize advice provided on improving test-taking strategies.
1.21 Explain the nature of critical thinking skills.
1.22 Evaluate some weaknesses in evolutionary explanations for gender differences in spatial abilities.