Learning activity #1 titchners laboratory

PURPOSE The purpose of this assignment is to continue critical engagement about important contributions and major movements in the field of psychology. OBJECTIVES Read Titcheners 1898 description of the Psychological Laboratory at Cornell University ( ) and view photos of the laboratory ( ), then complete the tasks below. TASKS Answer the following questions: What does Titchener mean by the dual character of the American psychological laboratory?” To what other model is he comparing it? What kinds of experiments might be conducted in Titcheners laboratory? How do they compare to the experiments that psychologists currently conduct? What kinds of apparatus does Titchener describe? How does it compare to the apparatus that you might find in a twenty-first-century psychological laboratory? What would your training, as a student, have looked like in Titcheners time? What are the similarities and differences between that training and your own experiences as a psychology student so far? SPECIFICATIONS You may either write the assignment in essay format or numbered responses. 2 – 3 pages, double-spaced. You may include other sources, however, they must be cited in APA style, which requires you to include a separate page titled, References. SUBMISSION FORMAT Click Submit Assignment in the upper right to choose the upload type for your assignment, then click Submit Assignment to complete the submission. Please submit your assignment by uploading a Microsoft Word Document (using a .doc or .docx file extension).