For your assignment this week, choose 
ONE 
of the following sayings and use information from 
your text our outside sources (be sure to cite your reference appropriately) to answer the question 
that follows. 
 
“Smile, even though your heart is breaking,” suggests a standard in the American 
songbook. Good advice? Make reference to the James-Lange theory of emotion and the 
facial-feedback hypothesis in your answer. 
 
“Keep a stiff upper lip.” Good advice? Evaluate this adage with reference to research 
investigating the effects of suppressing negative affect on the one hand or expressing it 
on the other. 
 
“If only I would hit the lottery.” Does money really buy happiness? Why or why 
not? Make reference to empirical evidence in your response. 
The Essay Questions are as follows: 
1. 
Choose one person from the following list whom you feel played an important 
role in the history of psychology: Freud, Pavlov, Skinner, Maslow, or Piaget. 
Describe what that person did, the approximate time that this person lived, what 
makes their contribution important, and criticisms of their work or theoretical 
position. 
2. 
You are an experimental psychologist interested in finding out how effective a 
new medication might work for treating depression. Describe a study you might 
conduct to reach some conclusions on this matter. Be sure to define and provide 
examples of the following terms and concepts, demonstrating your understanding 
of each: hypothesis, independent variable, dependent variable, random assignment 
of participants, ethical guidelines. 
1. 
David’s history teacher asked him why so many German people complied with 
Hitler’s orders to systematically slaughter millions of innocent Jews. David