Final Paper – Asch & Milgram & their contributions to social psych/social conformity

Final Paper (20%) that will be a minimum of ten double spaced, APA formatted pages. You will pick any two psychologists you will meet during this course and put them in a conversation. You must have a rationale for the pairing – that is, why would these two psychologists be interesting to put “in conversation”. You should consult a minimum of 5 additional scholarly sources in order to construct your imagined conversation. Your selected psychologists may (or may not) be from different time periods. The two speakers should be “located” in their own historical time and place but can communicate across time. 1) What would they each like to know about the other’s experiences? 2) What has changed in psychology, 3) What has remained the same? 4) Have they faced similar or different challenges and why? 5) What observations might each have of the other’s career and their specific lines of research or practice? Make sure the conversation is bi-directional (that information flows both ways) and is historically/contextually accurate. If your psychologists worked during the same period, be sure to include reference to any actual interactions that took place between them. In your conversation you should comment on a minimum of one contextual factor or life event for each of your psychologists that influenced their professional and/or personal life. Your textbook will be very helpful for generating insight into their personal life. Preface your imagined conversation with a brief introduction in which you 1) identify and describe your two speakers (where and when did they work, in what area of psychology, on what topics, etc.), and 2) present the rationale for your pairing. A grading rubric for this assignment will be posted in D2L in the module labelled Final Paper. Completed papers can be uploaded into D2L under Assessment >Assignment > Final Paper.