Research note: Virtual historical archive of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This article describes the organization, operation, and contents of the Virtual Historical Archive of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The organization of this archive started in 2008, as part of the activities planned by the Chair II of History of Psychology, and gained the support of the Faculty of Psychology. From its beginnings to the present, several documentary sources and materials related to the history of psychology in Argentina have been incorporated. It currently contains six thematic sections and three special collections, and it is expected that in the future it will be extende...
Source: History of Psychology - April 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Society for the History of Psychology news and notes.
History of Psychology, Vol 27(2), May 2024, 199-200; doi:10.1037/hop0000257This historical note describes the book Primer in critical personalism: A framework for reviving psychological inquiry and for grounding a socio-cultural ethos by James T. Lamiell. The overriding purpose of this book is to introduce psychologists, other social scientists, and thoughtful laypersons to that comprehensive system of thought developed by the German philosopher and psychologist William Stern (1871–1938) under the name “critical personalism.” (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: History of Psychology)
Source: History of Psychology - April 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Between conformity and individuality: Psychologists in Czechoslovakia during normalization (1968–1989).
History of Psychology, Vol 27(2), May 2024, 178-198; doi:10.1037/hop0000254The study examines the development of psychology in former Czechoslovakia during the period of “normalization” (1968–1989) and the challenges it faced under the communist regime. The restricted connection to Western psychology and the regime’s control over all aspects of human activity negatively influenced the continuity of development in psychology. The regime demanded conformity, leaving individuals, including psychologists, in recurring states of internal conflict and intellectual discomfort when deciding how much to compromise in their ...
Source: History of Psychology - February 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Wilhelm Wundt: His bumpy start in science at the University of Tübingen.
This article draws from Wundt’s autobiography and supplementary sources to illuminate the motivations behind his choice of Tübingen, shedding light on how this pivotal phase influenced both his scientific trajectory and his personal development. It offers insights into Wundt’s perspectives on university and city life in Tübingen, providing a nuanced understanding of his formative years. Wundt’s nonlinear entry into the realm of science serves as a source of reassurance and inspiration for contemporary psychology students facing similar initial challenges in their academic pursuits. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 202...
Source: History of Psychology - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Society for the History of Psychology News and Notes.
History of Psychology, Vol 27(1), Feb 2024, 89; doi:10.1037/hop0000253Cheiron’s Young Scholar Award Committee is pleased to announce that Matthew Soleiman, a PhD candidate in the Department of History and Science Studies Program at the University of California, San Diego, has been chosen to receive the 2023 award for his paper “Recerebrated: The rise of the clinic in the twentieth-century science of pain.” Using published and archival sources, Soleiman’s paper examines two key developments in early- to mid-20th-century pain research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: History of Psychology)
Source: History of Psychology - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Integration as the goal of indigenization: The cross-cultural psychology of Durganand Sinha.
History of Psychology, Vol 27(2), May 2024, 97-120; doi:10.1037/hop0000252Durganand Sinha (1922–1998) was an important Indian cross-cultural psychologist whose research spanned half a century. In commemoration of Sinha’s passing 25 years ago, I explore in this essay his vision of the integration of Hindu religious psychology and Western scientific psychology. In the first part of the discussion, I consider a brief history of the interaction between Indian cultures and Western scientific psychology. In the second part, I next consider the proposal of Sinha that outlines various approaches that researchers might take wit...
Source: History of Psychology - January 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“I’m not a person anymore”: The “survivor syndrome” and William G. Niederland’s perception of the human being.
History of Psychology, Vol 27(2), May 2024, 121-138; doi:10.1037/hop0000250Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and neurologist William Guglielmo Niederland (1904–1993) received widespread acclaim for his research on Holocaust survivors, yet his other psychoanalytic work has yet to achieve comparable recognition. In this article, I will examine the affinities between Niederland’s study of the Holocaust survivors and other major works in his canon to demonstrate the cohesive nature of his worldview, philosophy, and psychoanalytic trajectory while also illuminating Niederland’s portrait of the human being. This work is divided...
Source: History of Psychology - November 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Reconsidering the “Uznadze Effect” and psychology of set (Gantskoba) from a systemic cultural psychological perspective.
This article aims to (re)introduce and further develop Dimitri Uznadze’s theory of psychological “set” from the perspective of contemporary cultural psychology. His ideas are prominent in Georgia and other post-Soviet countries; however, they might be totally new for psychologists from other parts of the world. Uznadze, unlike Vygotksy, still awaits to be rediscovered. I discuss the main theoretical premises and features of the formation of a psychological “set,” according to Uznadze, which were based on his interpretations of his rich experimental data. Uznadze conceived the psychological “set” as a holistic...
Source: History of Psychology - November 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“My Opponent Prof. W.”: The debate between Wilhelm Wundt and Adolf Horwicz in the beginning of physiological psychology (1872–1879).
History of Psychology, Vol 27(1), Feb 2024, 24-53; doi:10.1037/hop0000246Adolf Horwicz (1831–1894) was the main public critic of Wilhelm Wundt’s election for the chair of philosophy at the Universität Leipzig in 1875. Horwicz’s book titled Psychologische Analysen auf physiologischer Grundlage published in 1872 had a great impact on his contemporaries. Two years later, Wundt published Grundzüge der physiologischen Psychologie (1874) and with Horwicz’s books were recognized as the most representative books of the emerging physiological psychology. Finally, Horwicz and Wundt had a debate published in Vierteljahrssch...
Source: History of Psychology - November 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Willard Stanton Small (1870–1943): The man who made the maze.
This article represents the first biography devoted to Small and provides highlights from his childhood, undergraduate and graduate work, personal life, and professional career. Special attention is given to the events that led to the first rat maze experiment, which Small performed as a graduate student at Clark University. A detailed analysis of Small’s published report of the maze experiment is also provided. His employment history after graduate school is discussed and includes teaching and administrative roles at multiple academic institutions, in addition to his role as a field investigator for the U.S. Bureau of E...
Source: History of Psychology - October 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Magda Arnold’s understanding of the human person: Thomistic personalism, psychophysical unity of the person, integration of personality, and transcendence.
History of Psychology, Vol 27(2), May 2024, 159-177; doi:10.1037/hop0000247Magda Arnold (1903–2002) is well known for her research on emotions, motivation, and memory from a neurological, physiological, and psychological point of view. However, her works in the field of the anthropological foundations of personality are less known and discussed. The present study presents some aspects of Arnold’s conception of a human’s nature as being based or convergent on Aquinas’s doctrine: (a) a nonreductionist conception of the human being, (b) the psychophysical unity of the person, (c) the self-ideal as it ought to be as th...
Source: History of Psychology - October 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Society for the History of Psychology: News and notes.
History of Psychology, Vol 26(4), Nov 2023, 391-393; doi:10.1037/hop0000248In this News and Notes column, information about eligibility and how to apply for The David B. Baker Fellowship in the History of Psychology--which supports student research at the Archives of the History of American Psychology--is provided; recent publications and presentations are noted; and P. Croce, Stetson University, briefly describes their visit to Greece and shares a photo of Cheiron, an ancient Greek god. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: History of Psychology)
Source: History of Psychology - October 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Ten years of the Peruvian Society of the History of Psychology.
This article briefly reviews the development of the history of psychology as a specialized discipline in Peru, in order to learn about the emergence, organization and productivity of the Peruvian Society of the History of Psychology (SPHP), which was founded in 2012. Previously, by way of introduction, the advances in the institutionalization of the history of psychology in Latin America and the development of the historiography of psychology in Peru are described. Seminars, journals, and books edited by the SPHP are discussed, as well as new projects and the challenges that must be faced for a greater dissemination of the...
Source: History of Psychology - September 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A war against the natural order: Joseph Nicolosi, Reparative Therapy, and the Christian Right.
This article situates Joseph Nicolosi’s first book, Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality, in historical context. Nicolosi, a Catholic clinical psychologist, was one of the most vocal practitioners of sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) from the early 1990s until his death in 2017, and in these decades, the Christian Right became a key supporter of SOCE. In this article, I argue that two features of Nicolosi’s book appealed to the Christian Right. First, Nicolosi relied on psychoanalytic thought to pathologize not only same-sex sexual desires but also poor parenting. The use of psychoanalytic thought was of par...
Source: History of Psychology - September 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Intellectual aristocracy in the dawn of Argentine democracy: José Ingenieros on genius and mediocrity.
This article explores how psychological categories linked to the mental level, such as genius, mediocrity, and intellectual superiority, were directly intertwined with political discourse in the early 20th century. To illustrate this, I analyze El Hombre Mediocre (The Mediocre Man) published in 1913 by José Ingenieros, seemingly as a direct critique of the law for free democratic elections in Argentina sanctioned in 1912. The book’s main argument drew on psychological categories to explain that democracy was, in fact, a poor choice in government. Ingenieros’ main concern was that the population was mostly mediocre and...
Source: History of Psychology - August 10, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
