‘Imagined Conversations’ Assignment: an Introduction to Psychology’s Feminist Voices
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‘Imagined Conversations’ Assignment: an Introduction to
Psychology’s Feminist Voices
1. Tour of the site2. Learn how to search site3. Strategies for choosing and pairing women
Part 1: Tour of the site
Part 2: Learn how to search site
“Blank” Search Results
Search Results: World War II
Part 3: Strategies for choosing and pairing women
Scavenger Hunt
• For example: • QUESTION:
Who was the first female psychologist to have a United States postage stamp issued in her honor?
ANSWER: Lillian Gilbreth
Consider Gender Research
Differences
Measuring
Functional periodicity
Functional periodicity
Sexual orientation
Helen Thompson Woolley
Georgene Seward
Leta Stetter Hollingworth
Catharine Cox Miles Evelyn Gentry Hooker
Pick a common research topic
Both conduct(ed) research related to nature vs. nurture
Barbara Stoddard Burks (1902-1943) & Alice Eagly (1938-)
Pick a similarity...
• Mary Whiton Calkins (1863-1930) & Naomi Weisstein (1939-)– Educational experiences at Harvard University
...or a difference
• Florence Goodenough (1886-1959) & Carol Gilligan (1936-)– Goodenough refused the feminist label and did
not identify as a woman-psychologist, but Gilligan argues for the “different voice” of women to be included in psychology
Demonstrate differencesRhoda Unger and Leta Hollingworth discuss gender research:• LH: [talking about her sex diff. research]… You ladies must have
come to the same conclusion in your work.• RU: Well yes, to an extent. We tend to look at the issue from less
of a biological sex differences perspective though. In fact, I’ve tried to move away from the feminist empiricist method of drawing from theory, and ask questions with social meaning (Unger, 2006).
• LH: How do you mean? Don’t you think that rigorous, objective scientific research will naturally undermine these biased assumptions about women?
• RU: I think the type of questions you ask make a big difference…
Be creative and have fun!Mary Whiton Calkins & Elizabeth Scarborough:MWC: Where am I? I was in my office a moment ago...ES: Damned if I know, I was just---- wait just a minute. You look
just like Mary Whiton Calkins!MWC: Last time I checked, that was my name. How did we get
in this room?ES: If you're Mary Whiton Calkins, I'm more concerned with
how one of us travelled through time...Mysterious Voice: Never mind that, Elizabeth, I've brought you
two here to have a conversation so that I can transcribe it for my History of Psychology assignment, you'll be back home shortly.