23 HRS AGO - 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. See following link to learn all about the fascinating history of psychology. History of Psychology Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Norma Estelle Cutts was born. A pioneer in the provision of school psychological services in the United States, her landmark publication in 1943 "How to Use Psychological Service in the Schools, A Guide to the Technique and Interpretation of the Individual Psychological Examination" was instrumental in establishing standards for training, certification, and practice. Throughout the course of a long and distinguished career, Cutts wrote widely on a range of topics within an educational context, including, mental hygiene, discipline and intellectual giftedness. In a tribute to Norma Cutts published shortly after her death aged 96 in 1988, Thomas K. Fagan noted that "her friendship and contributions through most of American psychology's first century will be felt well into its next." See following link to learn about some of the most eminent women in the history of psychology. Eminent Women in Psychology Click Here To Support The All About Psychology Patreon page! Collapse

5 DAYS AGO - B. F. Skinner was featured on the front cover of Time magazine and is the subject of three cover stories on behavior, titled "Skinner's Utopia: Panacea, or Path to Hell?" "Twin Oaks: On to Walden Two" and "A Skinnerian Innovation: Baby in a Box." The brilliant cover image of Skinner was drawn by renowned artist and illustrator Don Ivan Punchatz. See following link to learn all about the life and work of psychology legend B.F. Skinner. B.F. Skinner Click Here To Support The All About Psychology Patreon page! Collapse

9/17/2017 - Oskar Pfungst began his famous investigation into the case of "Clever Hans," a horse that could seemingly solve mathematical problems (multiplication and division) by tapping out answers with his right hoof. However, Pfungst concluded that the explanation for this lay not in any rational thinking on the part of "Clever Hans" but rather in the almost imperceptible ideomotor movement and nuanced body language of his owner Mr. Von Osten which signaled to the horse when he was expected to start and stop tapping. Oskar Pfungst's findings in the case of "Clever Hans" were instrumental in raising the issue of experimenter expectancy effects within research. See following link to learn all about the fascinating history of psychology. History of Psychology Collapse

9/15/2017 - 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. See following link to learn all about the fascinating history of psychology. History of Psychology Click Here To Support The All About Psychology Patreon page! Collapse

9/12/2017 - 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. See following link for quality cognitive psychology information and resources. Cognitive Psychology Collapse

9/10/2017 - Chris Smith and Kat Arney tackle: superbugs, Jupiter, and why your sense of smell might be better than you thought. Collapse

9/7/2017 - 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.' See following links for Sigmund Freud information and resources. Sigmund Freud Collapse

9/5/2017 - 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.' See following link to learn all about the fascinating history of psychology. History of Psychology Click Here To Support The All About Psychology Patreon page! Collapse