What is meant by the idea that psychology has two cultures?
What will be an ideal response?
James argued that philosophers can be divided into two general groups according to
their temperaments: the tender-minded and the toughminded. James believed that
tension between tender-minded and tough-minded philosophers has existed throughout
history. Lashley reached much the same conclusion about psychologists that James
had reached about philosophers, arguing that the reason some psychologists accept a
mechanistic brand of psychology (such as Watson’s) and others accept a purposive
brand (such as McDougall’s) is based on temperament. A 1984 study of psychologists
and psychology students revealed that there was a split between those who embraced
rigorous scientific values and those who embraced humanistic values.
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a. primary b. secondary c. conditioned d. unconditioned
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a) exemplar b) heuristic c) concept d) schematic image