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1、©MatthieuSpohn/GettyImages1WhatIsPsychology?chapterMODULE1.1ShouldYouMajorMODULE1.2RecentTrendsPsychologists’GoalsinPsychology?PsychologyThenInClosing:PsychologyGeneralPointsaboutInClosing:TypesandNowthroughtheYearsPsychologyofPsychologistsTheEarlyEraSummaryMajorPhilosophicalIssuesSummaryTheRiseofBe
2、haviorismKeyTermsinPsychologyKeyTermsFromFreudtoModernExplorationandStudyWhatPsychologistsDoClinicalPsychology110762_01_Ch01_001-026.indd110/22/092:43:16PMConsiderThis:Ifyouarelikemoststudents,youstartoffassumingthatnearlyeverythingyoureadinyourtextbooksandeverythingyourprofessorstellyoumustbetrue.W
3、hatifitisn’t?Supposeimpostorshavereplaced©GalenRowell/CORBIS©APPhotos/StephenChernin©AlamyLimitedthefacultyofyourcollege.Theypretendtoknowwhattheyaretalkingaboutandtheyallvouchforoneanother’scompe-tence,butinfact,theyareallunqualified.Theyhavemanagedtofindtextbooksthatsupporttheirprejudices,butthose
4、text-booksarefulloffalseinformation,too.Ifso,©RichardEllis/NEWSMAKERS/Liaison/GettyImages©CORBIShowwouldyouknow?Whileweareentertainingsuchskepticalthoughts,whylimitourselvestocolleges?Whenyoureadbooksandmagazinesorlistentopoliticalcommentators,howdoyouknowwhohastherightanswers?Theansweristhatnooneha
5、stherightanswersallofthetime.Professors,textbookauthors,advicecolumnists,politicians,andothershavestrongreasonsforsomebeliefsandweakrea-©CORBISsonsforothers.Sometimes,theythinktheyhavestrongreasonsWhohasthecorrectanswers?Noneofusdo,atbutdiscovertotheirembarrassmentthattheywerewrong.Idon’tmeantoimply
6、thatleastnotalways.Evenyoushoulddisregardeverythingyoureadorhear.Butyoushouldexpectpeopletowhenpeoplewetrustseemveryconfidentoftheirtellyouthereasonsfortheirconclusionssothatyoucandrawyourownconclu-opinions,weshouldaskforsions.Atleastifyoumakeamistake,itwillbeyourownandnotsomeoneelse’s.theirevidence
7、orreasoning.Youhavejustencounteredthethemeofthisbook:Evaluatetheevidence.Youwillhearallsortsofclaimsconcerningpsychology.Somearevalid,othersarewrong,manyarevalidundercertainconditions,andsomearetoovag
