Calkins and
Ladd-Franklin Reading
Assignment
Readings
Calkins: Chapter 9 of History of Psychology in Letters
Titchener/Ladd-Franklin: Chapter 10 of History of Psychology in Letters
Questions about the readings
All answers must be at least 1 paragraph and remember a paragraph is at least 4
intricate sentences. Please read the announcement on paragraph structure. This
assignment does not need to be in APA format and does not require a reference
section.
1. Find 1 piece of information that you found interesting aside from the readings
about Ladd-Franklin and why you found it interesting. This can be a fact
about something that they did, something that happened in their lives, an
interesting quote, idea, etc… Do not use information from the assigned
readings. Get the information from a reliable website, magazine, journal, or
textbook. i.e. not info from a website with a lot of advertisements. An .edu site
would be a good resource.
2. Find 1 piece of information that you found interesting aside from the readings
about Mary Calkins and why you found it interesting. This can be a fact
about something that they did, something that happened in their lives, an
interesting quote, idea, etc… Do not use information from the assigned
readings. Get the information from a reliable website, magazine, journal, or
textbook. i.e. not info from a website with a lot of advertisements. An .edu site
would be a good resource.
3. Choose a specific letter that Ladd-Franklin wrote to Titchener. What are some
of your thoughts on what she wrote to him?
4. Do you need to experience some hardship and suffering to achieve a
heightened level of wisdom like Ladd-Franklin and Calkins? Explain why or
why not?
5. What kind of statement was Calkins trying to make when she rejected the
PhD from Radcliffe?
- Calkins and Ladd-Franklin Reading Assignment
