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  1. THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY
    1. Psychology as a Basic and Applied Science
      1. Robber's Cave and the Jigsaw Classroom
    2. Goals of Psychology
    3. The Scope of Psychology: From Brain to Culture
      1. What Do You Think? The Case of "Voodoo Death"
  2. PERSPECTIVES ON BEHAVIOR
    1. Psychology's Roots and Early Schools of Thought
      1. Structuralism and Functionalism
    2. The Psychodynamic Perspective: The Forces Within
      1. Psychoanalysis: Freud's Great Challenge
      2. Modern Psychodynamic Theory
    3. The Behavioral Perspective: The Power of the Environment
      1. Origins of the Behavioral Perspective
      2. Behaviorism
      3. What Do You Think: Are The Students Lazy?
    4. The Humanistic Perspective: Self-Actualization and Positive Psychology
    5. The Cognitive Perspective: The Thinking Human
      1. Origins of the Cognitive Perspective
        1. Gestalt psychology
        2. The child's mind, language, and the computer
      2. Modern Cognitive Science
    6. The Sociocultural Perspective: The Embedded Human
      1. Cultural Learning and Diversity
      2. Research Close-Up: Love and Marriage in Eleven Cultures
    7. The Biological Perspective: Brain, Genes, and Evolution
      1. Behavioral Neuroscience
      2. Behavior Genetics
      3. Evolutionary Psychology
  3. INTEGRATING THE PERSPECTIVES: THREE LEVELS OF ANALYSIS
    1. An Example: Understanding Depression
    2. Summary of Major Themes
    3. Beneath the Surface: What Did You Expect?
  4. PSYCHOLOGY TODAY: A GLOBAL SCIENCE AND PROFESSION
  5. Applying Psychological Science: How to Enhance Your Academic Performance





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