I.  History and Approaches (2-4 %)          

            A.  History of Psychological Science

            B.  Approaches (Perspectives)

                        1.  Biological

                        2.  Behavioral

                        3.  Cognitive

                        4.  Humanistic

                        5.  Psychodynamic

                        6.  Sociocultural

                        7.  Evolutionary/Sociobiological

Objectives:

§  Describe psychology’s concerns regarding stability and change, rationality and irrationality, nature and nurture

§  Describe the different perspectives from which psychologists examine behavior and mental processes, and explain their complementarity

§  Identify some of the basic and applied research subfields and differentiate clinical psychology from psychiatry

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