Textbook
Ludden Jr., D.C. (2021). A history of modern psychology: The quest for a science of the mind. (1st ed.). SAGE.
All assignments MUST be typed, double-spaced, in APA style, 7th edition, and must be written at graduate level English. You must integrate the material presented in the text to support your discussion, citing in APA format. Current research articles may be used to support the text information, but not replace the text.
Your discussion should illustrate your understanding of the text and research. Write in your own words, citing the source of your information in APA format.
Your response to each question should be approx. 1- 1½ pages per question.
Assignment should be at least 7pages PLUS Reference Page.
Compare Thomas Hobbes and George Berkeley’s perspective on free will. Whose perspective better reflects how modern psychologists think about free will?
What was Hugo Munsterberg’s criticism of Sigmund Freud? What did Munsterberg think was the right way to think about the mind?
How did J.P. Guilford apply Titchener’s approach to studying consciousness to personality and intelligence?
According to William James, what are instincts and how are they related to habits?
Discuss how Skinner’s operant conditioning theories were both revered and reviled.
Describe in detail Kurt Lewin’s three-step model of change and the primary goal of this action research technique in group dynamics.
Activity Outcomes
Examine the roots, theories, and relevance of major trends in modern psychology
Explore the evolution of methods of research and inquiry.
7. Discuss how Adler’s view of how a person’s level of social interest was determined by positive or negative social experiences in early childhood and how he called that lifestyle. Using examples, discuss what he saw as a solution to psychological disorders, or problems.
8. Discuss Horney’s rebuttal to Freud’s view of female psychology, specifically his gender bias and genitalia envy.
9. Discuss Pierre Janet’s concept of psychic energy and how he related this concept to mental health.
10. Discuss the social and political events that heavily impacted Pavlov’s research, specifically within the pivotal time period of his Tower of Silence distinction as the world-class center for physiological research.
11. Stanley Milgram’s obedience studies were controversial, had unexpected outcomes and challenged research ethical procedures. Discuss these elements specifically related to Milgram’s authority experience. Do you see Milgram’s findings applicable to contemporary social psychology?
12. The concept of self-actualization was first applied by Kurt Goldstein, used by Abraham Maslow and extended in terms of categorization by Carl Rogers. Discuss this progression and the change in application to describing human need and development.
Activity Outcomes
Explain the ways in which cultural worldviews shape psychological frameworks
Evaluate the ethical views of psychologists and other scholars across history
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