www.midlandstech.edu/sbs/gummowaPsychology 201 – General Psychology Instructor: Andrew GummowGuided reading questions for chapter 1Psychology’s Early History (pp. 7 – 12)1. What is the “unconscious” and do you think this is a valid concept? Why or why not?2. What is Psychoanalytic Theory?3. What is Behaviorism?4. What is Behavior?5. Read John B. Watson’s quote about the “dozen healthy infants” that starts at the very bottom of p. 8 and ends on p. 9. What does this mean?6. Read B.F. Skinner’s quote in the margin of p. 9. What does this mean?7. Why did Skinner say that “free will is an illusion”?8. What is Humanism?9. How does Humanism differ from Behaviorism?10. Which theory allows for free will? Why?Psychology’s Modern History (pp. 12 – 17)11. What is applied psychology?12. What is clinical psychology?13. How did World War II impact the field of psychology?14. What does Cognition mean?15. What does “adaptation” mean in terms of Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory?16. What is Evolutionary
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