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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ lowered employee wages but refused to help them in any way including lowering rent in the buildings he owned.

2. In 1900, James was scheduled to lecture at the ____________ but became ill and wasn't able to do it until 1902.

3. William James created ___________ and brought it to the public for Charles Pierce.

4. In the end Gillman ended up hiring ________ of James' suggestions for new faculty positions.

5. _________, after initially giving up his identity as a Jew, regained his religion and came up with the dual identity theory.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the new requirement of all students who enrolled in Harvard Professional Schools?

2. Who created the University of Chicago though he stayed out of all areas except the financial area?

3. What would happen if Harper did not like something a teacher said during a lecture?

4. What was never the intention of the American Association of University Professors though it ended up being the case anyway?

5. Who created the Hull House in the poorest section of Chicago?

6. Why did the new theory of cultural pluralism seem to foster prejudice and discrimination?

7. What was the greatest achievement of Holmes which occurred before he was 40 years old?

8. What did Dewey and Holmes think about the idea of giving freedom to others?

9. How were students taught at the laboratory school in Chicago by Dewey and the staff?

10. What did G. Stanley Hall do when he decided against getting a job immediately after following Morris to Germany?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pierce decided he wanted to create a theory and a law of randomness which would contradict Darwin and Laplace's theories.

Part 1: Why do you think randomness is an important idea to study?

Part 2: Do you think the human behavior can be predicted with statistics? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you believe the world has order or is everything completely random? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Morris was trying to decide how to reconcile science and faith in his own mind - a popular topic of discussion and study.

Part 1: Why do you think faith and science have a difficult time 'getting along' in terms of their ideas?

Part 2: Do you think that faith and science have common ground? Why or why not?

Part 3: Can science and father ever be reconciled? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The disagreement with the idea of creationism and evolution began early on in educational discourse.

Part 1: Why do you think people clung so tightly to the story of creation?

Part 2: In what ways might creationism and evolutionary theory work together?

Part 3: Do you side with evolutionary thinkers or creationism thinkers? Why?

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