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CHAPTER 1.1 (What is Psychology?)
Define psychology and describe the goals and levels of analysis psychologists use.
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CHAPTER 1.2 (Psychology's Roots in Philosophy)
Describe influences of early myths, rituals, and ancient Greek philosophies on psychology.
24
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CHAPTER 1.3 (The Early Days of Psychology)
Name important early psychologists and describe their major theories and research methods.
43
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CHAPTER 1.4 (Twenty-Century Approaches)
Summarize the major principles of the psychoanalytical behaviourist, humanistic, cognitive, and neuroscience approaches to psychology.
60
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CHAPTER 1.5 (Psychology Today)
Describe the three major branches of psychology and summarize key trends in psychology.
28
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CHAPTER 2.1 (What Is a Science?)
List two core beliefs of science and describe the steps in the scientific method.
22
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CHAPTER 2.2 (Is Psychology a Science)
Compare and contrast psychology with other natural sciences, such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and with pseudosciences, such as astrology.
18
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CHAPTER 2.3 (How Do Psychologists Conduct Research?)
List steps in the research process and key characteristics of descriptive and experimental psychological research methods.
33
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CHAPTER 2.4 (How Do Psychologists Make Sense of Research Results?)
Describe what information is conveyed by statistics, including correlation coefficients, means, and standard deviations, and explain how psychologists draw conclusions about cause and effect.
24
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CHAPTER 2.5 (What Ethical Research Guidelines Do Psychologists Follow?)
Describe what ethical steps psychologists take to protect the rights of human research participants.
11
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CHAPTER 3.0 (Neuroscience)
Overview/Introduction of Chapter
3
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CHAPTER 3.1 (How Do Scientists Study the Nervous System)
Understand the key methods that scientist use to learn about nervous system anatomy and functioning.
35
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CHAPTER 3.2 (How Is the Nervous System Oranized?)
Name and describe the functions and subdivisions of two major parts of the nervous system and become familiar with current research in spinal cord injury.
32
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CHAPTER 3.3 (Structures of the Brain)
List key structures of the brain and describe their relationships to our behaviour.
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CHAPTER 3.4 (How Does the Nervous System Work)
Describe the two major types of cells in the nervous system and describe the primary functions of each.
12
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CHAPTER 3.5 (How Do Neurons Work)
Describe what happens when a neuron "fires" how neurons communicate with one another to produce behaviour, become familiar with neural networks and neuroplasticity
69
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CHAPTER 3.6 (CNS Injury and Brain Lateralization)
Explore the neuroscience findings regarding brain injury and the evidence for brain lateralization.
31
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CHAPTER 3.7 (Evolution and the Nervous System)
Describe the basic theory of evolution and explain how it has influenced our understanding of the human nervous system and the evolution of the human brain.
13
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