The life and contributions of Mary Whiton Calkins

Develop an integrative paper in which you will write about the life and contributions of Mary Whiton Calkins a major female scholar, theorist, practitioner, and/or researcher from the orientation of CBT Cognitive Behavior Therapy to psychology that you will choose to research for this course. Organize the paper via the following structure:

1. An overview /timeline of the Mary Whiton Calkinss life key aspects of her life, both personal and professional, that provide a factual understanding of the arc of her entire life. Provide enough information so that the reader has a fairly specific understanding of each aspect. (1-2 pages).
2. Information on the cultural milieu and political climate in which she formulated her work. (1 page)
3. A dialogue between parts of herself, as you imagine them. Along with the parts of the self, please add a gatekeeping figure and the Friend, and allow each of these figures to enter the dialogue as each is called to do. (3-4 pages)
4. How you have been affected by engaging in this dialogue. (1 page)
5. Meanings you make about how the cultural and political environment at the time may have influenced the ways in which this theorist developed their orientation CBT Cognitive Behavior Therapy and/or approach, especially as these sociocultural factors may have intersected with her life experience. (1 page)

*****NOTE be sure to reference course textbooks below********

1

Weiner, Irving B. Handbook of Psychology Volume 1. History of Psychology. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2003. (This text is provided in the Overview section of the course.)

2

Whitaker, Robert. Mad in America. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2010.

3

Wilbur, Ken. Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy. Berkeley, CA: Shambhala, 2000.