Aug 19, Susan Tufts Fiske: Today in the History of Psychology (19th August 1952)
Susan Tufts Fiske was born. Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, Professor Fiske is internationally renowned for her groundbreaking research into the causal nature of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. A profoundly influential expert in her field, Professor Fiske's testimony was central to a landmark decision on gender bias by The U.S. Supreme Court in 1989 and she was also called to testify before President Clinton ’s Race Initiative Advisory Board in 1998.
Among her many academic honors, Professor Fiske received the American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientif...
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Aug 18, George Fullerton: Today in the History of Psychology (18th August 1859)
George Stuart Fullerton was born. Fullerton was renowned for his pioneering work within the field of psychophysics, in particular his collaboration with James McKeen Cattell on the perception of small differences.
A pivotal figure in the early days of modern psychology, Fullerton hosted the First Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA) in Philadelphia in December 1892 and served as APA president in 1896.
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Aug 17, Clark Hull: Today in the History of Psychology (17th August 1943)
Clark Hull's classic book 'Principles of Behavior' was published. Widely considered one of the most influential contributions to learning and behavior theory, its popularity made Hull one of the most frequently cited psychologists of his day.
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Aug 16, Wilhelm Wundt: Today in the History of Psychology (16th August 1832)
Wilhelm Wundt was born. A profoundly influential figure in the history of psychology, Wundt founded the first experimental laboratory of psychology in Leipzig, Germany in 1879, the primary aim of which was to establish psychology as an independent empirical science. Among the many eminent psychologists to study under the supervision of Wilhelm Wundt were, Edward B. Titchener, G. Stanley Hall, Hugo M ünsterberg, James McKeen Cattell and Lightner Witmer.
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Aug 15, Stanley Milgram: Today in the History of Psychology (15th August 1933)
Stanley Milgram was born. Milgram was renowned for conducting a series of the most notorious and controversial experiments in the history of psychology designed to explore the extent to which people would be willing to obey an experimenter's orders to administer 'electric shocks' as a form of punishment in a 'learning exercise.'
In 1963 Milgram published a number of papers documenting the disturbing finding that 65% of his subjects obeyed orders from an authority figure to inflict severe levels of pain on someone else, a finding he examined in detail in 1974 in his book 'Obedience to Authority' which was translated into se...
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Aug 14, Stanford Prison Experiment: Today in the History of Psychology (14th August 1971)
Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment began with the (simulated) arrest of nine college student volunteers. In a compelling retelling of this (in)famous day for a 40-year anniversary retrospective in 2011, Zimbardo stated:
'Driven to police station in squad car, flashing lights, fingerprinted, photographed, booked, and then stuck in a holding cell blindfolded...each stripped naked, blindfold removed, standing naked in front of a full length mirror, while guards mock their lack of manly equipment, put them in their prisoner uniform, a smock, with their prisoner ID sown on front, no underwear, chain on one leg and nyl...
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Aug 13, Victor Horsley: Today in the History of Psychology (13th August 1886)
Sir Victor Horsley gave a landmark address to the British Medical Association on 'Advances in the Surgery of the Central Nervous System' in which he described how he had successfully inferred the seizure localization of three epilepsy surgery patients; most notably 'James B.' who suffered from post-traumatic epilepsy as a result of a depressed skull fracture following a traffic accident. Drawing on both the pioneering work of John Hughlings Jackson and his own experimental findings, Horsley was confident that James B's seizure onset occurred in the contralateral sensorimotor strip. Horsley operated to remove the cortical s...
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Aug 12, Martin Seligman: Today in the History of Psychology (12th August 1942)
Martin Seligman was born. A world renowned psychologist, Dr. Seligman has conducted pioneering research within a variety of fields, most notably; positive psychology, resilience, learned helplessness, depression, optimism/pessimism and well-being. A leading academic, he is the director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania where he has produced a prolific body of work consisting of over 250 scholarly publications and more than 20 books.
Among his many professional accolades, Dr. Seligman received the American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions and ...
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Aug 11, Edward Jones: Today in the History of Psychology (11th August 1926)
Edward Ellsworth Jones was born. A pioneering social psychologist, Jones conducted influential research within the field of interpersonal impression formation and management. Most notably, Jones developed the theory of correspondent inferences (the process by which we interpret behavior in relation to a particular disposition or personality characteristic) a body of work which was instrumental in establishing the attributional approach within mainstream social psychology.
In 1977 Jones received the American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions and in 1990 was the was the recipien...
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Aug 10, Angus Campbell: Today in the History of Psychology (10th August 1910)
Angus Campbell was born. Renowned for his pioneering research into ideological voting behavior and intentions, Campbell co-authored the classic book 'The American Voter' published in 1960 in collaboration with Philip E. Converse, Warren E. Miller, and Donald E. Stokes; a seminal text which had a profound influence within the field of political science.
Angus Campbell received the American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award in 1974. (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
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Aug 9, Jean Piaget: Today in the History of Psychology (9th August 1896)
Jean Piaget was born. Renowned throughout the world for his pioneering theories of child development and learning, Piaget is widely considered one of the twentieth century's most influential psychologists. Drawing on genetic epistemology to explore the growth of knowledge within the cognitive world of the child, Piaget introduced a number of groundbreaking concepts within the field of developmental psychology, including mental structures, assimilation, accommodation and equilibration.
Acclaimed throughout his career, Piaget collected honorary doctorates from Harvard, The Sorbonne and Cambridge University and received the A...
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Aug 8, Congress for Experimental and Therapeutic Hypnotism: Today in the History of Psychology (8th August 1889)
The first International Congress for Experimental and Therapeutic Hypnotism was held in Paris, France. Among the eminent figures in attendance were William James, Jean-Martin Charcot, Hippolyte Bernheim, Alfred Binet and Sigmund Freud.
See following link to read 'What is Hypnosis?' A classic article originally published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology in 1906.What is Hypnosis? (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
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Aug 7, Hans-Lukas Teuber: Today in the History of Psychology (7th August 1916)
Hans-Lukas Teuber was born. A leading figure within physiological psychology, Teuber received his Ph.D from Harvard University in 1947 under the supervision of Gordon Allport and served as head of the department of psychology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1961 until his death in 1977. Renowned for his contribution to the study of the relationship between brain anatomy, brain pathology and measurable behavior, Teuber is widely considered one of the preeminent pioneers of research into human neuropsychology.
Of all Teuber's professional accolades perhaps the most poignant was the MIT award for outstandi...
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Aug 6, Florence Goodenough: Today in the History of Psychology (6th August 1886)
Florence Laura Goodenough was born. An eminent figure within the field of child development, Goodenough is best known for her association with Lewis M. Terman's classic studies of gifted children and for creating the 'Draw-a-Man' test; a revolutionary non-verbal measure of intelligence for children.
An innovative researcher, Goodenough also developed and pioneered the use of event sampling in naturalistic settings; most notably in her groundbreaking study, 'Anger in Young Children' in 1931, during the data collection phase of which, she trained mothers to complete detailed observational records of their children's angry be...
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Aug 5, Rensis Likert: Today in the History of Psychology (5th August 1903)
Rensis Likert was born. A renowned organizational psychologist, Likert is best known for developing and giving his name to a new method of scaling the distribution of opinion. The Likert scale (or the Murphy-Likert method as it was originally known) began to raise considerable interest in the 1930's when details of its potential application began to be published in a number of high-profile publications, most notably 'Public Opinion and the Individual' in 1938.
Based on the assumption that opinions are normally distributed, the Likert scale revolutionized social research methods by dispensing with the need for a panel of 'e...
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