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Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
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1. Describe Aristotle's role in the history of psychology and understand the definition of psychology. |
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2. Identify and define the four goals of psychology. |
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3. Identify and compare early views of psychology that focused on the elements of conscious experience, including those of Wundt, Titchener, Alston, and Gestalt psychology. |
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4. Identify and compare views in psychology that focused on the functions of the conscious mind, including those of James, Ebbinghaus, Calkins, and Binet. Also, explain functionalism's influence on contemporary cognitive psychology. |
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5. Describe the origins of behaviorism and social learning theory. |
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6. Identify the early views of psychology that focused on the nature of the unconscious mind. |
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7. Describe the neuroscience, sociocultural, and evolutionary perspectives and explain their influence on contemporary psychology. |
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8. Identify and define the terms associated with the sociocultural perspective. |
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9. Describe how sociocultural factors influenced the history of psychology. |
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10. Describe the differences between basic and applied areas of psychology; list and describe examples of both areas. |
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11. Describe the relationship between psychology and psychiatry. |
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12. Identify the beliefs commonly shared by psychologists about human nature and behavior. |