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time,on a planet in our neighborhood of the universe,there came to bepeople.Soon thereafter,these creatures became intensely interested in themselvesand in one another:\"Who are we?What produces our thoughts?Our elings?Ouractions?And how are we to understand and manage those around us?\"  \n## LEARNING TARGETS\n\n1-1 Explain howpsychology is a science andwhy the \"rat is always right.\"  \n◎1-2 Describe the threekey elements of the scientificattitude and how theysupport scientific inquiry.  \n1-3 Explain how criticalthinking feeds a scientificattitude,and smarter thinkingfor everyday life.  \nAriadne Van Zandbergen/Alamy  \nJim Craigmyle/Getty mages  \nSergey Furtae/Shutterstock  \n⑧1-4 Describe howpsychology developed fromearly understandings of mindand body to the beginningsof modern science.  \nA smile is a smile the world around The science of psychology builds from the input of multipledisciplines in many lands.As you will see throughout this book,we've come to learn not only of our culturaland gender diversity but also of the similarities that define our shared human nature.People in differentcultures vary in when and how often they smile,for example,but a naturally happy smile means the samething anywhere in the world.  \n1-5 Describe someimportant milestonesin psychology's earlydevelopment.  \n## Psychology Is a Science\n\n⑧1-6 Explain howbehaviorism,Freudianpsychology,and humanisticpsychology furtheredthe development ofpsychological science.  \n## ◎1-1 How is psychology a science,and why is it the \"rat is always right\"?\n\nUnderlying allscience is,first,a passion to explore and understand without misleading orbeing misled.Some questions (Is there life after death?)are beyond science.Answering themin any way requires a leap of faith.With many other ideas(Can some people demonstrateESP?),the proof is in the pudding.Let the facts speak for themselves.  \n| AP®EXAM TIP  \u003Cbr>·   ··  ··          ·  \u003Cbr>To assist your active learning o  \u003Cbr>Dsychology.Learning Targets are  \u003Cbr>grouped together at the start of  \u003Cbr>each module and then framed  \u003Cbr>as questions that appear at the  \u003Cbr>beqinning of the pertinent section  \u003Cbr>of reading.Ithelps to keep the  \u003Cbr>question in mind as you read  \u003Cbr>through a section to make sure  \u003Cbr>that you are following the main  \u003Cbr>point of the discussion   |\n| --- |\n\nMagician James Randi has used a scientific approach when testing those claiming to seeglowing auras around people's bodies:  \nRandi:Do you see an aura around my head?  \nAura seer:Yes,indeed.  \nRandi:Can you silsee the aura ifIput this magazine in front of my face?  \nAura seer:Of course.  \nRandi:Then if I were to step behind a wall barely taller than I am,you could determine mylocation from the aura visible above my head,right?  \nRandi once told me [DM]that no aura seer had agreed to take this simple test.  \n1  \nCURIOSITY:  \nDoes it work?  \nWhen put to the 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