You are at a meeting of psychologists in which a discussion has ensued about the benefit of some  courses to one’s work as a psychologist. They are trying to take a decision about what courses  they should recommend for anyone coming into the field of psychology to take in the Caribbean  context. Many of them believe that some courses like History and Philosophy of Psychology is  not relevant to real life practice. You are asked to defend the relevance of the subject to real life  practice seeing that you have taken the course.   What can be seen as the future of the practice of psychology in the Caribbean?  How did the principle of Cognitive Psychology theory shape the  development of psychology and will continue to be relevant to the practice of  psychology in the Caribbean? Include in the discussion the strengths and weaknesses  of the theory and how they should be accounted for in the practice of psychology in  the Caribbean.

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You are at a meeting of psychologists in which a discussion has ensued about the benefit of some 
courses to one’s work as a psychologist. They are trying to take a decision about what courses 
they should recommend for anyone coming into the field of psychology to take in the Caribbean 
context. Many of them believe that some courses like History and Philosophy of Psychology is 
not relevant to real life practice. You are asked to defend the relevance of the subject to real life 
practice seeing that you have taken the course. 

 What can be seen as the future of the practice of psychology in the Caribbean? 


How did the principle of Cognitive Psychology theory shape the 
development of psychology and will continue to be relevant to the practice of 
psychology in the Caribbean?

Include in the discussion the strengths and weaknesses 
of the theory and how they should be accounted for in the practice of psychology in 
the Caribbean. 

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