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APPENDIXCAPA Goals andOutcomesThe APA Task Force intended these Goals and Outcomes to be met as part of afour-year Psychology Major, not as goals for the student embarking on this firstcourse in psychology. However, this document illustrates how well Hockenbury andHockenbury: Discovering Psychology, Fifth Edition sets students on the right path towardachieving these goals.The Hockenbury and Hockenbury: Discovering Psychology, Fifth Edition, mediaand print supplements package impressively supports the text’s efforts to addressthese Goals and Outcomes.1.1 Characterize the nature of psychology as a discipline.a. Explain why psychology is a science.b. Identify and explain the primary objectives of psychology:describing, understanding, predicting, and controllingbehavior and mental processes.c. Compare and contrast the assumptions and methods ofpsychology with those of other disciplines.d. Describe the contributions of psychology perspectives tointerdisciplinary collaboration.• (1.1a) Chapter 1 (Introduction and Research Methods) on pp. 2–15discusses the importance of psychology as a science.• (1.1b) On pp. 16-20 the scientific method is presented, step-bystep.• (1.1c) The Hockenbury & Hockenbury text provides references toother disciplines to help students explore similarities anddifferences. Chapter 1 includes a discussion of the influence ofphilosophy and physiology on psychology’s development, with areference on p. 3 to ways in which psychology shares assumptionswith other disciplines; p. 10 presents a discussion of disciplinesthat contribute to neuroscience; Chapter 12 (Stress, Health, andCoping) notes examples of influence or collaboration with thefields of immunology, medicine, and sociology.• (1.1d) Chapter 5 (Learning) provides examples of applications oflearning principles to multiple fields; Chapter 12 (Stress, Health,and Coping) gives examples of applications to medicine.1.2 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding representingappropriate breadth and depth in selected contentareas of psychology:a. theory and research representing each of the following fourgeneral domains:(1) learning and cognition(2) individual differences, psychometrics, personality, andsocial processes, including those related to socioculturaland international dimensions(3) biological bases of behavior and mental processes,including physiology, sensation, perception, comparative,motivation, and emotion• (1.2) For the Fifth Edition of Discovering Psychology, theHockenburys have added 800 new research citations, with overhalf of those from research no older than 2007. Along with thehelp of faculty, students, and expert reviewers, the Hockenburys’daily immersion in the field of psychology and contact withothers in the field have been instrumental in fully representingthe key content areas of psychology, including all areasemphasized in the APA report. An outline locating each of thesecontent areas can be found in the extended table of contents (pp.vii–xix).• (1.2a1) See Chapter 5 (Learning); also the sections “CognitiveDevelopment” on pp. 387–393 and “Cognitive Changes” on pp.407–409 in Chapter 9 (Lifespan Development).