Please select two (2) of the following questions and answer them concisely but thoroughly. You need to select one (1) from each chapter, for a total of 2. Each should be around 1/2 page.
In answering these questions you need to both summarize/paraphrase what is in the textbook and make your own comments. Avoid direct quoting from the textbook. Phrase answers in your own words; do not parrot the text!
When answering these questions please remember the following:
(1) Aim for about 1/2 a page per question (+/-).
(2) Use your own words; do not parrot the textbook and either avoid or greatly minimize quoting from the textbook or any website.
(3) When appropriate, use examples to illustrate your answer to the question.
(4) Don’t be afraid to have an opinion or take a stand.
Double space; use 1-inch margins and Times New Roman font.
(8) When answering a question, simply begin with the # of the question. It is not necessary to include the question itself.
CHAPTER 5
1. In what ways did Titchener begin to alter his system late in his career?
2. What criticisms had been made of the method of introspection before the work of Titchener?
3. Describe the paradoxical views of Titchener regarding the place of women in psychology. Did he act to assist them in their careers of discriminative against them?
CHAPTER 6
4. Why did some people find it such a disturbing experience to see Jenny the Orangutan in the London Zoo? How did her behavior affect Charles Darwin?
5. On what grounds did the functionalists protest against Wundt’s psychology and Titchener’s structuralism?
6. In what ways did Darwin’s data and ideas alter the subject matter and methods of psychology?
7. How did Galton study the association of ideas? How did he test for intelligence?