Introduction to Psychology
Chapter Outline
- What Is Psychology?
- Learning Objectives
- Understand the etymology of the word “psychology”
- Define psychology
- Understand the merits of an education in psychology
- Learning Objectives
- History of Psychology
- Learning Objectives
- Understand the importance of Wundt and James in the development of psychology
- Appreciate Freud’s influence on psychology
- Understand the basic tenets of Gestalt psychology
- Appreciate the important role that behaviorism played in psychology’s history
- Understand basic tenets of humanism
- Understand how the cognitive revolution shifted psychology’s focus back to the mind
- Learning Objectives
- Contemporary Psychology
- Learning Objectives
- Appreciate the diversity of interests and foci within psychology
- Understand basic interests and applications in each of the described areas of psychology
- Demonstrate familiarity with some of the major concepts or important figures in each of the described areas of psychology
- Learning Objectives
- Careers in Psychology
- Learning Objectives
- Understand educational requirements for careers in academic settings
- Understand the demands of a career in an academic setting
- Understand career options outside of academic settings
- Learning Objectives
