The diffusion of Bruner's psychological research in China and its impact.
History of Psychology, Vol 26(2), May 2023, 164-182; doi:10.1037/hop0000232Jerome S. Bruner (1915–2016) is a legendary figure in psychology and one of the most influential psychologists and educators of this era. His research interests were diverse, and his achievements were impressive. Although Bruner's contributions are significant, no studies have been undertaken to investigate the value and impact of his theories outside the United States, to the detriment of scholarship. To fill this research gap, this article analyzes Chinese research on Bruner's work to determine the influence of such research in China. Through a ...
Source: History of Psychology - March 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The objectivist critique of Hermann Helmholtz's theory of perception: The case of Ramón Turró (1854–1926).
History of Psychology, Vol 26(3), Aug 2023, 247-273; doi:10.1037/hop0000234In this article, we look into the development of the Helmholtz theory of perception in the light of Spanish biologist Ramón Turró’s objectivist critique of the theory. In the first part, we explain the decisive role that Helmholtz’s theory of perception played in the evolution of his own general philosophical stance. Through the work of Helmholtz, we show how the dialectic between philosophical surmises and models of perception was an ongoing, fundamental part of the period that saw the formation of scientific psychology. In the second part of...
Source: History of Psychology - March 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Charlotte Bühler and her emigration to the United States: A clarifying note regarding the loss of a professorship at Fordham University.
History of Psychology, Vol 26(2), May 2023, 151-163; doi:10.1037/hop0000229Although Charlotte Bühler (1893–1974) was one of the most prominent female psychologists during the first half of the last century, she never received a full professorship in a psychology department. In this paper, we discuss possible reasons for this failure and focus on problems related to an offer from Fordham University in 1938 that never materialized. Our analysis based on unpublished documents indicates that Charlotte Bühler provided incorrect reasons for the failure in her autobiography. Moreover, we found no evidence that Karl Bühler ev...
Source: History of Psychology - March 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Reflections upon having been elected a fellow of APA.
History of Psychology, Vol 26(1), Feb 2023, 95-103; doi:10.1037/hop0000231In this article, the author offers his reflections on being elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association as an historian of psychology. The author didn’t start out as an historian. His bachelor and doctorate are both in psychology. But he did also certainly choose to leave psychology, then to return with a different perspective. So this election feels like an affirmation of that decision, and an endorsement of the scholarship that resulted: his service to science by other means, after he was himself “revised and resubmitted.” Nearly...
Source: History of Psychology - February 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“Down with fascism, up with science”: Activist psychologists in the U.S., 1932–1941.
This article describes the Exchange and its unique window into psychologists debating how to reshape their field. In 1934, it was used by young Marxists to launch The Psychologists' League, which agitated for colleagues who lost their jobs, tried to make research socially relevant, and connected with movements for the “social reconstruction” of society. It raised the consciousness of its members and sympathizers by linking to worldwide antifascist struggles while fighting antisemitism and nativism at home. While previous accounts make the League seem a spontaneous eruption, this article shows how members of the Communi...
Source: History of Psychology - January 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychological experiments on student self-government: The early impact of Wilhelm Mann’s work in Chile and the German Empire.
History of Psychology, Vol 26(1), Feb 2023, 51-75; doi:10.1037/hop0000227One of the most important successes in the history of psychology in Chile was the foundation in 1908 of the first experimental psychology laboratory in Santiago by the German psychologist Wilhelm Mann (1974–1943). Four years later, Mann give a shift to his classical experimental psychology research to intervene in the discussions about German School Reform (1900–1920). Mann used Chile as a “testing ground” for explore the viability of student self-government published in three papers. The method used to verify the early impact of Mann’s pape...
Source: History of Psychology - December 22, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“That imperfect instrument”: Galton's whistle, Bierce's damned thing, and the phenomenon of superior nonhuman sensory range.
This article analyzes Bierce's possible sources, with Bierce representing the general educated nonscientist and providing insights into the spread of this concept into public and scientific awareness. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: History of Psychology)
Source: History of Psychology - December 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The degree course in psychology in Rome in the history of Italian psychology.
History of Psychology, Vol 26(1), Feb 2023, 76-94; doi:10.1037/hop0000226Italian academic psychology found its first location in the Anthropological Museum of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Rome, where in 1890 a Laboratory of Experimental Psychology was established. In 1905, the first three Chairs of Experimental Psychology at the Universities of Turin, Rome, and Naples were created. These were followed in the subsequent years by others, until 1930, in other academic institutions. After many years and a long period of crisis linked to the fascist regime, only after the World War II (WWII), with the re...
Source: History of Psychology - December 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Interamerican Society of Psychology (1951–2021): Its history and historians.
This article briefly describes ISP’s history, discussing its organizational structure, and the contributions of the working group history of psychology, to honor this important event. The history of psychology division within ISP remains committed to facilitating encounters of Ibero American psychologists who wish to further examine the history of psychology. Lastly, we analyzed the growth and the contemporary challenges in the field of history of psychology in Latin America. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: History of Psychology)
Source: History of Psychology - November 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Archival Oddities: Leo Kamin Pounding out Copy for the Daily Worker.
History of Psychology, Vol 25(4), Nov 2022, 385-387; doi:10.1037/h0101896This short research report focuses on psychologist Leon Kamin, who is best known for his research on what became known as the Kamin (blocking) effect. In the 1970s and 1980s he became prominent both inside and outside of psychology, not for laboratory research but for his writings on the heritability of intelligence. Kamin was no stranger to political activism. He joined the Communist Party U.S.A. at age 17, when he was a sophomore at Harvard. By 1949, he was writing for the Daily Worker (pen name: Leo Soft) and was employed as its New England editor ...
Source: History of Psychology - November 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Award.
History of Psychology, Vol 25(4), Nov 2022, 385; doi:10.1037/hop0000225The Award Committee for the Society for the History of Psychology is happy to announce the following Division 26 award winners for 2022: Early Career Award: Zhipeng Gao, American University in Paris, France; and Career Achievement Award: Alexandra Rutherford, York University, Canada. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: History of Psychology)
Source: History of Psychology - November 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Interamerican Society of Psychology (1951–2021): Its history and historians.
This article briefly describes ISP’s history, discussing its organizational structure, and the contributions of the working group history of psychology, to honor this important event. The history of psychology division within ISP remains committed to facilitating encounters of Ibero American psychologists who wish to further examine the history of psychology. Lastly, we analyzed the growth and the contemporary challenges in the field of history of psychology in Latin America. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: History of Psychology)
Source: History of Psychology - November 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Archival Oddities: Leo Kamin Pounding out Copy for the Daily Worker.
History of Psychology, Vol 25(4), Nov 2022, 385-387; doi:10.1037/h0101896This short research report focuses on psychologist Leon Kamin, who is best known for his research on what became known as the Kamin (blocking) effect. In the 1970s and 1980s he became prominent both inside and outside of psychology, not for laboratory research but for his writings on the heritability of intelligence. Kamin was no stranger to political activism. He joined the Communist Party U.S.A. at age 17, when he was a sophomore at Harvard. By 1949, he was writing for the Daily Worker (pen name: Leo Soft) and was employed as its New England editor ...
Source: History of Psychology - November 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Award.
History of Psychology, Vol 25(4), Nov 2022, 385; doi:10.1037/hop0000225The Award Committee for the Society for the History of Psychology is happy to announce the following Division 26 award winners for 2022: Early Career Award: Zhipeng Gao, American University in Paris, France; and Career Achievement Award: Alexandra Rutherford, York University, Canada. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: History of Psychology)
Source: History of Psychology - November 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Anatol Rapoport's social responsibility: Science and antiwar activism; 1960–1970.
This article reviews his writings before his departure to better understand why he decided to leave. Though he came to see political organization and civil dissidence as the only effective means of opposition, his writings reveal that at one point he felt optimism about a particular form of activism rooted in his scientist role. However, as demonstrated by his debates with the “strategist” community, the limits of the antiwar teach-in movement and the results of the AAAS survey on science and values, his attempts to renegotiate the boundaries between “scientific deterrence” and “moral pacifism” seemingly strugg...
Source: History of Psychology - September 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
