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Article 1: Louw, J. (1997). Social context and psychological testing in South Africa, 1918-1939. Theory & Psychology, 7, (2). 235-256.

[This article focuses on how psychological testing, eugenics, and Christian-nationalism have influenced the conceptualization of race in South Africa between the two world wars.]

Questions to Consider:

1. Identify various ways of how human and social sciences gained authority over people’s social lives during the period between the two world wars.
2. Discuss the role that eugenics played in justifying racial inequality and segregation in South Africa. Analyze the social factors that fueled scientists’ interest in measures of intelligence in South Africa.
3. Briefly discuss some social consequences that the eugenics movement and psychological testing had on South African Natives. 
4. Describe the main features of Christian-nationalism in South Africa. Discuss the perspective that Christian-nationalists held regarding race in South Africa.

Article 2: McCrae, R.R. (2011). Personality theories for the 21^st century. Teaching of Psychology, 38, (3). 209-2014.

[In this article, it is argued that personality courses should be taught as science and not as a history of psychology.]

Questions to Consider:

1. Identify and discuss the main arguments that the author presented regarding classic personality theories, such as those of Freud, Jung, Maslow, and others as being outdated and having nothing in common with contemporary personality theories.
2. Describe the main features of contemporary personality theories. What are the differences between classic and contemporary personality theories?
3. Do you agree/disagree with the author that personality courses should be taught as science courses and not as history of psychology courses?