chap 7&8 essay

Please select four (4) of the following questions and answer them concisely but thoroughly. You need to select two (2) from each chapter, for a total of 4. Each should be around 1/2 page. Some will be shorter and others will be longer. 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;

CHAPTER 7

1. Why was James considered to be the most important American psychologist? Describe his attitude toward laboratory work.

2. According to James, what are the components of a person’s sense of self? What role does clothing seem to play in our sense of self, in James’s view?

3. Compare functionalism’s contributions to psychology with the contributions of structuralism.

CHAPTER 8

4. What was the significance of psychology of the Coca-Cola trial and Hollingworth’s research?

5. How did economic forces influence the development of applied psychology? Do you think applied psychology would have developed when it did without these
forces?

6. How did Witmer and Munsterberg differ in their views of clinical psychology?


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