PSY 482 EXAM 2 - 2022 COMPLETE SOLUTION, ANSWERED

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PSY 482 EXAM 2 What was the purpose of Darwin's work, The Descent of Man, and how is this work important to the history of psychology? What type of evidence did Darwin use to support his arguments? ... Give three examples of mental faculties and how Darwin compared them to the same faculties in animals. Could there be alternative explanations? How does this debate between pure and applied science related to science and psychology today? What was Titchener's rationale for his side of the debate? How does it make sense that Titchener trained so many women but wanted to exclude them from The Experimentalists? What was the purpose of structuralism? What are its strengths and limitations? What was functionalism? What were its strengths and limitations? Who are the main figures associated with functionalism and why? What Were Freud's major contributions to psychology? Specifically from Ch. 7, what were the three independent achievements of Freud? How did Freud's theory contribute to the new science of psychology, and how did it detract from it? Why do you think America embraced psychoanalysis as a culture? What was Freud's reaction to his experience in America? What did Freud believe was the purpose of dreams? What types of evidence did he use to support his theory? Do you agree or disagree with the theory, and why? Describe the relationship between Freud and Jung. What Were Freud's reasons for not accepting Jung's ideas, and what led to their eventual parting ways? What were the major contributions of Jung? What were the major contributions of Adler? What were the major contributions of Horney? Who was John Watson and what were his major contributions to psychology? Which famous scientists laid the groundwork for functionalism & behaviorism? Who was B. F. Skinner and what were his major contributions to psychology? How was Skinner's invention, the heir conditioner/air crib, viewed by the public? What was its purpose of it and how was it designed? [Show More]

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