Discuss the importance of Cattell, Binet, Spearman, Goddard, Terman and Yerkes in testing history.
Must read and use Hergenhahn\’s An Introduction to the History of Psychology, 8th ed. By Tracy B. Henley as one of the sources in each of the questions below. Use other sources to bolster and support.
Discussion Questions I
All assignments MUST be typed, double-spaced, in APA style 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. Outside sources may be used to support the text information, but not replace the text. Your response to each question should be approx. 1 page per question. Assignment should be 7-8 pages total plus a title and reference page
1. There were many controversies over intelligence testing. Discuss the importance of Cattell, Binet, Spearman, Goddard, Terman and Yerkes in testing history. Briefly discuss the Bell Curve theory (without pictures), as it applies to testing IQ.
2. Discuss the difference between Structuralism and Functionalism. How were the two schools (Chicago and Columbia) similar and different?
3. Pavlov and Watson are major behaviorists. Explain William McDougall’s outlook and theories and why he is not as well known.
4. Skinner was known as the leading neobehavorist. Why were Tolman, Hull and Gutherie not as well known? Be sure to include Tolman, Hull and Gutherie’s theories.
5. Discuss the founding of Gestalt theory. What impact did it have on psychology and therapy?
6. Summarize the medical, psychological and supernatural models of mental illness and give examples of each.
7. Sigmund Freud is credited with being the Father of Psychoanalysis. Compare and contrast how Anna Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler and Karen Horney morphed Freud’s original theories into working theories that we still use today.
