PSYC 1001 Chapter 01: PSYC1001SPRING2014_TextbookNotes_Chapter01_The Evolution of Psychology.pdf

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Part 1 - psychology"s early history (sections 1. 1 to 1. 6) (page 3). Part 1. 1 summarize wundt"s, hall"s and baldwin"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. Part 2 - psychology"s modern history (sections 1. 7 to 1. 11) 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.

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