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Teaching Activities for a History of Psychology Course

Teaching Activities for a History of Psychology Course. David Zehr Plymouth State University. First Day of Class. I dare say none of you can think…. I dare say none of you can write…. If you learn anything in this class…. It will be how to think and how to write….

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Teaching Activities for a History of Psychology Course

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  1. Teaching Activities for a History of Psychology Course David Zehr Plymouth State University

  2. First Day of Class

  3. I dare say none of you can think…

  4. I dare say none of you can write…

  5. If you learn anything in this class…

  6. It will be how to think and how to write…

  7. You are having a final exam in two weeks.

  8. You will all flunk it. Your job…

  9. Is to flunk it admirably.

  10. Second Day of Class

  11. "Normal children often pass through stages of passionate cruelty, laziness, lying and thievery.''

  12. I loved your paper about Ebbinghaus, Kulpe, and Brentano—one psychologist and two imposters!

  13. 1892 Columbia/Chicago Structuralism 1879 1913

  14. And that’s what I’d do with a dozen healthy infants!

  15. The Course at Plymouth State • Upper level (juniors/seniors) • Required for all psychology majors • Enrollment/semester: 16-36

  16. Course Goals • Engagement • Writing • Collaboration • Relevance

  17. Day 1: Passing Notes

  18. Fancher, R. E. (1987). Henry Goddard and the Kallikak family photographs: “Conscious skulduggery” or Whig history? American Psychologist, 42, 585-590.

  19. Presentism

  20. Writing

  21. Weekly in-class writing assignments • Two-three questions to choose from • Open note/open book

  22. How would a Kuhnian explain the following two statements: • Kulpe’s psychology: the revolution that never was • Gestalt psychology: the revolution that failed

  23. John Dewey never did a single experiment worth remembering. How could one therefore argue he’s more important to psychology’s history than the experimentalist, Edward Titchener?

  24. Active Learning Exercises

  25. Speed Dating and Applied Psychology Every cell I have is yours, individually and collectively He’s nice, but I bet those thoughts aren’t imageless

  26. Turn-ons: eugenics, statistics, fingerprinting

  27. Think not my confession of admiration to be a false one.

  28. If you have a high IQ, I’d like a chance to speak with you.

  29. You should be efficient, mechanically inclined, and fond of postage stamps.

  30. Mental testers measure up

  31. I love you guys!

  32. Chomsky Skinner

  33. Would You Hire This Candidate?

  34. Fostering Class Discussion

  35. Great Hero of Legend

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