Oct 8, The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud: Today in the History of Psychology (8th October 1953)
The first volume of Ernest Jones's 'The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud' was published. Subtitled 'The Formative Years and the Great Discoveries, 1856-1900,' part 1 of this classic three volume biography drew upon over 2000 letters, many of which Freud wrote to his future wife Martha Bernays during their 4 year engagement.
Jones's notes in the preface that 'The task of compiling a biography of Freud's life is a dauntingly stupendous one.... The reasons why I nevertheless yielded to the suggestion that I should undertake it were the considerations pressed on me that I was the only survivor of a small circle of co-workers (th...
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Oct 7, Ronald Laing: Today in the History of Psychology (7th October 1927)
Ronald David Laing was born. A world renowned psychiatrist and radical thinker whose ideas profoundly challenged the prevailing view concerning the causes and treatment of mental illness.
Among Laing's most influential work was 'The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness' (1960), a study of schizoid and schizophrenic individuals, the purpose of which according to Laing was 'to make madness, and the process of going mad, comprehensible.'
Among the many tributes paid to Laing following his death in 1989, Professor Anthony Clare noted that: 'His major achievement was that he dragged the isolated and neglecte...
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Oct 6, William Preyer: Today in the History of Psychology (6th October 1881)
William Thierry Preyer wrote the preface to the first edition of his groundbreaking book "Die Seele des Kindes" (The Mind of the Child;) a landmark publication in the history of child psychology.
In outlining the aims of the book, Preyer stated in the preface that 'I hope that, by means of personal observations carried on for several years, I have furnished facts that may serve as material for a future description.'
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Oct 5, Denis Diderot: Today in the History of Psychology (5th October 1713)
Denis Diderot was born. A philosopher, essayist and committed empiricist, Diderot is renowned for being the chief editor of the 'L'Encyclop édie,' a seminal work of the Enlightenment, the aim of which according to Diderot was to 'change the common way of thinking' through the dissemination of knowledge.
A true magnum opus 26 years in the making, L'Encyclop édie consisted of 32 volumes and over 70,000 written entries, including one extolling the virtues of psychology as an appropriate area of study in the search for useful knowledge. (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
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Oct 4, Edmund Clark Sanford: Today in the History of Psychology (4th October 1894)
Edmund Clark Sanford's 'Course in Experimental Psychology' was published. Widely considered to be the first laboratory training manual in American psychology, the course was based on a series of articles on the physiology of sensation and perception.
A review published in The American Journal of Psychology in 1910 noted 'It has a high historical importance, as the first manual of experimental psychology; it has exerted, and still exerts, a wide influence, as the gateway through which American students are introduced to laboratory work.'
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Oct 3, William James: Today in the History of Psychology (3rd October 1890)
Volume 2 of William James's classic book 'Principles of Psychology' was published containing twelve more chapters on: Sensation, Imagination, The Perception of 'Things,' The Perception of Space, The Perception of Reality, Reasoning, The Production of Movement, Instinct, The Emotions, Will, Hypnotism, Necessary Truths and the Effects of Experience.
Principles of Psychology is widely regarded as the most important text in the history of modern psychology.
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Oct 2, Richard Lester Solomon: Today in the History of Psychology (2nd October 1918)
Richard Lester Solomon was born. A renowned teacher, researcher and academic mentor, Solomon spent over a decade at Harvard before being appointed the first James M. Skinner, University Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1960, where he remained until his retirement in 1984.
An influential writer within applied and experimental psychology, Solomon made telling contributions within various fields of inquiry and is best known for his published research work on perception, avoidance learning and motivation.
Among his many professional honors, Solomon received the American Psychological Association (AP...
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Oct 1, Wilhelm Wundt: Today in the History of Psychology (1st October 1875)
In a defining moment in the history of psychology, Wilhelm Wundt's tenure at the University of Leipzig began.
Wundt recalled in a memoir published in 1909 titled 'Das Institut f ür experimentelle Psychologie zu Leipzig' (The Institute for Experimental Psychology at Leipzig) that upon joining the faculty, the Royal Ministry with the consent of the academic Senate, made provision of a small room in which to store demonstrational materials for use in his psychology lectures, as well as any apparatus needed for his personal experimental investigations.
It was from these modest beginnings that Wilhelm Wundt would go on to esta...
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Sep 30, Joseph Baldwin: Today in the History of Psychology (30th September 1887)
'Elementary Psychology and Education' by Joseph Baldwin was published. Promoted as a text-book for high schools, reading circles and a manual for teachers, this was a landmark publication in the psychology of education.
An influential and pioneering figure in the field, Joseph Baldwin became the first professor of Pedagogy at the University of Texas, at Austin in 1891.
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Sep 29, Naomi Norsworthy: Today in the History of Psychology (29th September 1877)
Naomi Norsworthy was born. A pioneer in the field of childhood mental testing and mental deficiency, Norsworthy was the first woman to graduate with a Ph.D in psychology at Columbia University. An outstanding teacher and innovative researcher Naomi Norsworthy died in 1916 aged just 39.
Her most influential work The Psychology of Childhood was published posthumously in by her friend and colleague Mary Theodora Whitley in 1918. That same year a book celebrating the life and work of Naomi Norsworthy was published in which the then Dean of Teachers College, Columbia University, James E. Russell noted that "She met every advanc...
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Sep 28, Nancy Bayley: Today in the History of Psychology (28th September 1899)
Nancy Bayley was born. A pioneering figure in the field of developmental psychology, Bayley is best known for the longitudinal Growth Study she conducted during her time at the University of California, Berkeley, which among other things helped establish standards of physical, motor and behavioral development.
In 1966 Bayley became the first woman to receive the American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Also in recognition of a long and illustrious career, Bayley received the G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology in 1971 and in 198...
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Sep 27, Albert Ellis: Today in the History of Psychology (27th September 1913)
Albert Ellis was born. A hugely influential psychotherapist, Ellis is renowned for developing rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT); a specific cognitive behavioral approach rooted in Stoic philosophy designed to empower individuals to recognize, challenge and replace self-defeating thoughts with reasoned, well-being enhancing ways of thinking. Ellis began presenting his ideas to the psychological community in 1955 and in 1959 founded the Institute for Rational Living, a non-profit organization established to promote REBT and to provide accessible low-cost counseling to members of the public.
A prolific writer and teach...
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Sep 26, Ivan Pavlov: Today in the History of Psychology (26th September 1849)
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was born. A Nobel prize winning physiologist and scientist, Pavlov's groundbreaking work on conditioned reflexes derived from his observations of the reflex regulation of the activity of the digestive glands in dogs had a profound impact on modern behavioral psychology; influencing the work of such luminaries as John B. Watson, Edward Thorndike and B.F. Skinner.(Note: Sources drawing on the old style (O.S.) Julian calendar record Pavlov's date of birth as September 14th 1849)
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Sep 25, Edmund Burke Delabarre: Today in the History of Psychology (25th September 1863)
Edmund Burke Delabarre was born. An eminent psychologist, researcher and academic, Delabarre is best known for his early work on visual phenomena, sensation and the law of contrast which famously features in William James's classic Principles of Psychology in 1890, along with the footnote "From the pen of my friend and pupil Mr. E. B. Delabarre. "
During his long and distinguished career, Delabarre served as the Director of the Psychological Laboratory at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Brown University.
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Sep 24, Albert Bandura: Today in the History of Psychology (24th September 1971)
Albert Bandura's landmark book " Social Learning Theory " was published in which the Stanford University psychologist sets out how new patterns of behavior can be acquired through direct experience or by observing the behavior of others. Social Learning Theory is a seminal piece of work, the basic tenets of which Bandura later expanded upon in " Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory, " a book widely considered a modern classic within psychology. (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
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