Sep 16, Karen Horney: Today in the History of Psychology (16th September 1885)
Karen Horney was born. An eminent psychoanalytic theorist and pioneer within the field of the psychology of women, Horney wrote widely on the androcentric (male centered) nature of orthodox Freudian thinking and psychology in general.
In addition to her influential contribution to feminine psychology, the influence of Horney's innovative and groundbreaking personality theories spread far and wide; for instance, her views on the potential for human growth were followed with great interest by the likes of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers.
A truly original thinker ahead of her time, Karen Horney's ideas helped inform an eclecti...
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Sep 15, Matataro Matsumoto: Today in the History of Psychology (15th September 1865)
Matataro Matsumoto was born. A profoundly influential figure in the history of Japanese psychology, Matsumoto earned his doctoral degree under the supervision of Edward W. Scripture at Yale University in 1899 and spent a year working with Wilhelm Wundt at the University of Leipzig in Germany.
On his return to Japan, Matsumoto established experimental psychology laboratories in Tokyo and Kyoto and was instrumental in the founding and organization of the Japanese Psychological Association.
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Sep 14, Solomon Asch: Today in the History of Psychology (14th September 1907)
Solomon Asch was born. A Gestalt psychologist whose classics studies on impressions of personality and social influence were profoundly influential within the field of social psychology. For example, Stanley Milgram's famous obedience to authority experiments were directly inspired by Asch's unambiguous stimuli (lines of different lengths) conformity research.
A truly eminent figure within psychology, Solomon Asch received the American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions in 1967.
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Sep 13, William James: Today in the History of Psychology (13th September 1890)
William James's classic text 'Principles of Psychology' (Volume 1) was published. A tribute to James printed shortly after his death in 1910 stated that Principles of Psychology 'is a scientific and literary classic. No one can foretell whether it will be permanently in the group of philosophical masterpieces, beginning with the dialogues of Plato, but there is no contemporary American work and possibly no European work since the " Origin of Species, " which has equal chance.'
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Sep 12, Ulric Neisser: Today in the History of Psychology (12th September 1967)
Ulric Neisser's classic book 'Cognitive Psychology' was published. This groundbreaking text located a range of research topics, such as perception, attention, pattern recognition, information processing, problem solving and remembering and explored them within a unified theoretical framework. In doing so, Neisser firmly established cognitive psychology as a mainstream psychological discipline.
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Sep 11, Alice Bryan: Today in the History of Psychology (11th September 1902)
Alice Bryan was born. Renowned for her unceasing efforts in tackling the marginalization of women in psychology, Bryan founded the National Council of Women Psychologists in 1940 and coauthored a series of influential studies issued under the title, 'Women in American Psychology' between 1944 and 1947.
A passionate advocate of mentoring, Bryan stated that 'One of my deepest satisfactions has been the appointment to professional positions of four women who were my students while earning their doctoral degrees.'
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Sep 10, Iconic Psychology: Today in the History of Psychology (10th September 1909)
One of the most iconic photographs in the history of psychology was taken. Among those in the photo were Sigmund Freud, Edward Bradford Titchener, Adolf Meyer, Joseph Jastrow, James McKeen Cattell, Ernest Jones, William James, Carl Jung and G. Stanley Hall who had assembled this veritable who's who of eminence for a conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Clark University.
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Sep 9, Kurt Lewin: Today in the History of Psychology (9th September 1890)
Kurt Lewin was born. A profoundly influential figure within the field of social psychology, Lewin was instrumental in demonstrating that experiments on groups could be conducted under precisely controlled conditions and in doing so pioneered the scientific study of group dynamics.
A prolific writer, Lewin authored several books and numerous articles which informed our understanding of group processes in relation to such things as productivity, communication, leadership, social perception, experiential learning and intergroup relations. Lewin also wrote widely on the concept of 'action research,' the term he coined to expre...
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Sep 8, Psychodiagnostics: Today in the History of Psychology (8th September 1932)
The first volume of 'Character and Personality: An International Quarterly of Psychodiagnostics and Allied Studies' was published by Duke University. Devoted to 'scientific contributions bearing directly or indirectly on the diagnosis of human behavior, in its individual and group deviations, typological characteristics and idiosyncrasies,' the journal was supported by, and included contributions from, such luminaries as Alfred Adler, Pierre Janet and Carl Jung.
In 1945, Character and Personality: An International Quarterly of Psychodiagnostics and Allied Studies changed its title to the Journal of Personality.
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Sep 7, Sigmund Freud: Today in the History of Psychology (7th September 1909)
Under the heading 'The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis' Sigmund Freud delivered the first of five lectures at Clark University, an event he described as 'the first official recognition of our work.'
Freud began his landmark lecture with the words 'Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a new and somewhat embarrassing experience for me to appear as lecturer before students of the New World. I assume that I owe this honor to the association of my name with the theme of psychoanalysis, and consequently it is of psychoanalysis that I shall aim to speak.'
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Sep 6, Edgar John Rubin: Today in the History of Psychology (6th September 1886)
Edgar John Rubin was born. Professor of Experimental Psychology and Director of the Psychological Laboratory at the University of Copenhagen, Rubin is best known for his groundbreaking research on the roles of figure and ground organization in visual perception; famously illustrated in the 'vase/two faces' figure which he originally presented in his doctoral dissertation in 1915.
Rubin's influential writing in this area was adopted by Max Wertheimer and his followers as evidence of the need for a Gestalt understanding of the visual process.
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Sep 5, James Baldwin: Today in the History of Psychology (5th September 1889)
The first volume of James Mark Baldwin's 'Handbook of Psychology (Senses and Intellect)' was published. A critically acclaimed text, Wilhelm Wundt stated that 'The book will serve a high purpose for students both as introduction to the subject and as preparation for original work' and a review in the Edinburgh Scotsman noted that 'The work is one of the most noteworthy that have appeared in recent times to vindicate the claims and establish the position of Psychology as an independent science.'
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Sep 4, Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology: Today in the History of Psychology (4th September 1929)
Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, whose mission is 'to encourage, stimulate, and maintain excellence in scholarship, and to advance the science of psychology;' was formally established with the signing of The Psi Chi Charter at Yale University during the Ninth International Congress of Psychology.
There are now over 1,100 Psi Chi chapters and more than 600,000 lifetime Psi Chi members located worldwide. (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
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Sep 3, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis: Today in the History of Psychology (3rd September 1967)
While attending the American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention in Washington, DC, a motion was passed to establish the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) by the directors of the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.
Founded 'primarily for the original publication of reports of experimental research involving applications of the analysis of behavior to problems of social importance,' the first issue of JABA was published in spring of the following year. Published quarterly, annual subscription rates were $4.00 for students, $8.00 for individuals and $16.00 for institutions. (Source: For...
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Sep 2, B. F. Skinner: Today in the History of Psychology (2nd September 1938)
B. F. Skinner's first book 'The Behavior of Organisms' was published. Based on nearly a decade of research including the work conducted during his time as a graduate student at Harvard, this groundbreaking text introduced the key tenets of Behavior Analysis; particularly the profoundly influential causal relationship between actions and their immediate consequences; a unit of behavior Skinner termed 'operant.'
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