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HISTORICAL ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY VIEWPOINTS
OF PSYCHOLOGY
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

BOOKS

Fancher, R. E. (1985). The Intelligence Men: Makers of the IQ Controversy. New York: W. W. Norton.
Freud, S. (1910/1964). Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood, Ed. and trans. by J. Strachey. New York: W. W. Norton.
Horney, K. (1945). Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis. New York: W. W. Norton.
James, W. (1899/1958). Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals. New York: W. W. Norton.
Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. E. (2000). A History of Modern Psychology,7th Ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Publishers.
Skinner, B. F. (1948). Walden Two. New York: Macmillan.

ARTICLES

Crawford, M., & Kimmel, E. (1999). Promoting methodological diversity in feminist research. Psychology of Women Quarterly,23, 1-6.
Denmark, F. L. (1980). Psyche: From rocking the cradle to rocking the boat. American Psychologist,35, 1057-1065.
Gibson, E. J. (1994). Has psychology a future? Psychological Science,5, 69-76.
Posner, M. I., & DiGirolamo, G. J. (2000). Cognitive neuroscience: Origins and promise. Psychological Bulletin,126, 873-889.
Riger, S. (1992). Epistemological debates, feminist voices: Science, social values, and the study of women. American Psychologist,47, 730-740.
Simon, H. A. (1981). The psychology of thinking: Embedding artifice in nature. From The Sciences of the Artificial,2nd Ed. (pp. 62-98). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Sue, S. (1999). Science, ethnicity, and bias: Where have we gone wrong? American Psychologist,54, 1070-1077.

COURSE REQUIREMENT	PERCENT OF GRADE
Midterm Examination:This exam will consist of identification items and short essays. Study questions for this exam will be provided about a week before the test. The exam will include only material covered in the study questions, covering lectures and readings assigned through April 26.	30%
Final Examination: Similar format to midterm. Cumulative exam. The exam will include only material covered in the study questions.	35%
Three short papers (4-5 pages): Write about one of the books assigned for the course (James, Fancher, Skinner, Freud, Horney). OR Journal: Write twice weekly about class material, including books, relation to other courses, personal observations about the concepts presented, etc.	30%
Class participation: Attendance at specified discussion times is required. Class discussions will focus on the five books and short readings, as assigned in the course outline. Individuals will take responsibility for discussion on one of the days indicated. You will choose which of the discussions you will lead. You should meet with me in the week before the discussion to consider ways to spark interesting conversation and facilitate active participation in the discussion.	5%

All papers will be typed and are due in class on the dates indicated. Your journal should also be kept in word-processing format so that it can be printed when I ask for them.

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REVISED: 28-Mar-02