Jul 27, Daniel Kahneman: Today in the History of Psychology (27th July 1973)
8 HRS AGO - Daniel Kahneman's classic book 'Attention and Effort' was first published. A critique of research Expand
8 HRS AGO - Daniel Kahneman's classic book 'Attention and Effort' was first published. A critique of research into the role of attention in perception and performance, the book marked the first of many notable contributions by Kahneman; which in the course of a quite remarkable career (which continues to this day) has seen him win the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences and be widely acknowledged as the most influential living psychologist.
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Jul 26, Carl Jung: Today in the History of Psychology (26th July 1875)
1 DAY AGO - Carl Jung was born. Widely considered one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century, Jung Expand
1 DAY AGO - Carl Jung was born. Widely considered one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century, Jung become increasingly disaffected with the central ideas of his old friend and mentor Sigmund Freud and broke away to establish analytical psychology; a school of inquiry designed to explore the deepest recesses of the human mind.
Jung's revolutionary psychoanalytical approach had a profound impact across a range of diverse fields including, psychology, philosophy, mythology, anthropology, theology and the arts and many of his most influential psychological concepts; archetypes, persona, collective unconsciousness, synchronicity, introvert/extrovert personality types etc, continue to be taught and studied throughout the world today.
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Jul 23, Theodore Schneirla: Today in the History of Psychology (23rd July 1902)
4 DAYS AGO - Theodore Schneirla was born. A pioneering comparative psychologist, Schneirla is best known for Expand
4 DAYS AGO - Theodore Schneirla was born. A pioneering comparative psychologist, Schneirla is best known for his maze learning experiments with army ants and his observational studies of their migratory behavior. In 1935, Schneirla along with Norman Maier co-authored 'Principles of Animal Psychology,' a classic in the field.
An influential social commentator, Schneirla regularly expressed his concern over attempts to apply ethologically grounded theories to complex human behaviors such as aggression.
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Public Memorandum Re Kevin Annett, ITCCS, & Abrogation Of 1954 Greada Treaty with Draco Reptilians, Orion Greys & Anunnaki Reptilians
5 DAYS AGO - From Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd Date July 22, 2017 Abrogate This! SIGN PETITION TO US Expand
5 DAYS AGO - From Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd Date July 22, 2017 Abrogate This! SIGN PETITION TO US PRESIDENT - End Greada Treaty & End Pedocriminal Matrix on Earth https://www.change.org/p/u-s-president-donald-j-trump-abrogate-this-end-greada-treaty-end-pedocriminal-matrix-on-earth Read Letter & Sign Petition Here is the context. (1) Kevin Annett... Collapse
Dr Karl
7/20/2017 - Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions.
Abrogate This! Sign Petition to End Greada Treaty & End the Pedocriminal Matrix on Earth Petitioning U.S. President Donald J. Trump
7/18/2017 - Washington, DC - White House Petitioning U.S. President Donald J. Trump SIGN PETITION NOW & SHARE Expand
7/18/2017 - Washington, DC - White House Petitioning U.S. President Donald J. Trump SIGN PETITION NOW & SHARE WITH FAMILY, NETWORKS & FRIENDS! Abrogate This! End Greada Treaty & End Pedocriminal Matrix on Earth https://www.change.org/p/u-s-president-donald-j-trump-abrogate-this-end-greada-treaty-end-pedocriminal-matrix-on-earth Read Letter & Sign Petition N. B.:... Collapse
5live Science
7/16/2017 - In this weeks podcast...stairs that can help you to walk up them, a laboratory creating green Expand
7/16/2017 - In this weeks podcast...stairs that can help you to walk up them, a laboratory creating green spider silk, a drug to prevent Zika virus damaging developing baby's. Plus we continue our month of special programmes focusing on the sea, this week we look at coral reefs and how scientist track life under water. Collapse
Jul 13, Fred Fiedler: Today in the History of Psychology (13th July 1922)
7/13/2017 - Fred Fiedler was born. A pioneering researcher in the field of Industrial and organizational Expand
7/13/2017 - Fred Fiedler was born. A pioneering researcher in the field of Industrial and organizational psychology, Fiedler is best known for his groundbreaking contingency model of leadership, the first comprehensive details of which were published in his classic book 'A Theory of Leadership Effectiveness' in 1967.
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Jul 11, Howard Gardner: Today in the History of Psychology (11th July 1943)
7/11/2017 - Howard Gardner was born. Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Expand
7/11/2017 - Howard Gardner was born. Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, Gardner is renowned for his groundbreaking theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) which he developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s and first published details of in his trailblazing book 'Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences' in 1983.
Gardner's contention that as human beings we have several relatively discrete type of intelligence at our disposal revolutionized our psychological understanding of intellect; which prior to MI theory was driven by the assumption that a single intelligence exists which can be measured by standard IQ tests and other related educational methods of intellectual assessment.
Among his many professional accolades Gardner was named by Prospect magazine as one of the 100 most influential public intellectuals in the world.
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Sand Castles and Beach Science
14 HRS AGO - The Naked Scientists feature the week's science news including how training your brain could keep Expand
14 HRS AGO - The Naked Scientists feature the week's science news including how training your brain could keep Alzheimer's at bay, an anti cancer vaccine that targets melanoma. Plus the science of building sand castles, and how scientists are tackling oil spills on the beach. Collapse
Jul 25, Margaret Floy Washburn: Today in the History of Psychology (25th July 1871)
2 DAYS AGO - Margaret Floy Washburn was born. An eminent psychologist, teacher and researcher, Washburn Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Margaret Floy Washburn was born. An eminent psychologist, teacher and researcher, Washburn completed her graduate training at Cornell University under the supervision of Edward B. Titchener in 1894 and in doing so became the first woman in the United States to be awarded a Ph.D. in Psychology.
Renowned for her work on the study of consciousness and the examination of mental processes in animals and humans, Washburn served as president of the American Psychological Association in 1921 and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1931.
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Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists
5 DAYS AGO - Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists discuss how science can help you cope with anxiety, and Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists discuss how science can help you cope with anxiety, and how Australian scientists are using drones to give wales a health check. Collapse
Jul 21, Clifford T. Morgan: Today in the History of Psychology (21st July 1915)
6 DAYS AGO - Clifford T. Morgan was born. Professor of psychology at the University of Texas, Morgan was Expand
6 DAYS AGO - Clifford T. Morgan was born. Professor of psychology at the University of Texas, Morgan was renowned for his cutting edge work within the field of physiological psychology. His groundbreaking text on the subject 'Physiological Psychology' first published in 1943 remained on the essential reading lists of most related psychology programs for decades.
Morgan was also a passionate advocate of scientifically rigorous research within psychology, most notably demonstrated in his role as a founding figure and inaugural chairperson of the Psychonomic Society.
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Jul 19, The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC): Today in the History of Psychology (19th July 1949)
7/19/2017 - The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) was first published. Adapted from the Expand
7/19/2017 - The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) was first published. Adapted from the Wechsler-Bellevue intelligence test for adults, The WISC was designed to obtain verbal and performance IQ's from one uniformly standardized scale.
Still in use today, the fifth edition of The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V) is regularly employed to measure a child's cognitive ability.
See following link for free psychological testing information and resources.
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Jul 17, Carl Jung: Today in the History of Psychology (17th July 1902)
7/17/2017 - Carl Gustav Jung's M.D. degree was conferred by the University of Zurich. Jung's degree Expand
7/17/2017 - Carl Gustav Jung's M.D. degree was conferred by the University of Zurich. Jung's degree dissertation topic was the psychology and pathology of occult phenomena based upon his cousin's alleged mediumistic abilities.
See following link to to learn all about the life and work of Carl Jung and access free full-text articles by Jung, including 'On The Psychology and Pathology of So-Called Occult Phenomena'.
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Jul 15, Brenda Langford Milner: Today in the History of Psychology (15th July 1918)
7/15/2017 - Brenda Langford Milner was born. A world renowned pioneer in the field of neuropsychology, Milner Expand
7/15/2017 - Brenda Langford Milner was born. A world renowned pioneer in the field of neuropsychology, Milner began her illustrious career in the early 1950's exploring the effects of temporal lobe damage in humans, for her Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Donald Hebb.
In 1957 along with William Scoville, Milner published 'Loss of Recent Memory After Bilateral Hippocampal Lesions.' This classic article included the findings of a series of experiments conducted with H.M (Henry Molaison) who famously was unable to commit new events to long-term memory following radical surgery designed to control his severe epileptic seizures. This groundbreaking research found that HM was able to steadily improve his performance on tests which he had no recollection of ever taking, a stunning discovery which provided compelling evidence that the brain is not as previously thought, governed by a solitary memory system. This landmark paper would go on to be one of the most cited publications in the history of Collapse
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7/13/2017 - Dr. Karl answers your weird and wonderful science questions, including how the weather works.
Jul 10, Théodore Simon: Today in the History of Psychology (10th July 1873)
7/10/2017 - Théodore Simon was born. Along with Alfred Binet, Simon created and introduced the first scale of Expand
7/10/2017 - Théodore Simon was born. Along with Alfred Binet, Simon created and introduced the first scale of general intelligence (The Binet-Simon Scale) based on a series of thirty tests designed to measure the intellectual development of young children.
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Dr Karl
1 DAY AGO - Dr Karl joins Rhod to discuss why are all the craters on the moon round, how MRI scanners work, Expand
1 DAY AGO - Dr Karl joins Rhod to discuss why are all the craters on the moon round, how MRI scanners work, and just how clever are crows? Collapse
Jul 24, Theodore Newcomb: Today in the History of Psychology (24th July 1903)
3 DAYS AGO - Theodore M. Newcomb was born. A pioneering figure in the field of social psychology, Newcomb Expand
3 DAYS AGO - Theodore M. Newcomb was born. A pioneering figure in the field of social psychology, Newcomb established one of the first social psychology doctoral programs in the United States at the University of Michigan and published a number of classic texts on the subject; most notably, 'Personality and Social Change' (1943), 'Social Psychology' (1950) and 'The Acquaintance Process' (1961).
Honored extensively throughout his career, Newcomb served as president of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1956, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1974 and received the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award in 1976.
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Jul 22, Donald Olding Hebb: Today in the History of Psychology (22nd July 1904)
5 DAYS AGO - Donald Olding Hebb was born. A profoundly influential figure within the field of neuropsychology, Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Donald Olding Hebb was born. A profoundly influential figure within the field of neuropsychology, Hebb's landmark text 'The Organization of Behavior' published in 1949 introduced many pioneering neuropsychological concepts such as the 'dual trace mechanism' which inspired a raft of groundbreaking research into brain function mechanisms of learning and memory.
Among his many professional career highlights, Hebb served as president of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1960, received the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award in 1961 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966.
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Jul 20, Georg E. Müller: Today in the History of Psychology (20th July 1850)
7 DAYS AGO - Georg E. Müller was born. A pioneering figure in the early days of modern psychology, Müller is Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Georg E. Müller was born. A pioneering figure in the early days of modern psychology, Müller is best known for his revolutionary research within the field of psychophysics and memory which became firmly entrenched within American experimental psychology.
A truly prolific writer, Müller's work consisted of over 6000 published pages, the vast majority of which not only appeared in the leading scientific journals of day, but also served to expand the investigative boundaries of psychological science.
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Jul 18, Aaron T. Beck: Today in the History of Psychology (18th July 1921)
7/18/2017 - Dr. Aaron T. Beck was born. A world renowned pioneer of cognitive therapy (CT) Dr. Beck's prolific Expand
7/18/2017 - Dr. Aaron T. Beck was born. A world renowned pioneer of cognitive therapy (CT) Dr. Beck's prolific body of work consisting of over 600 articles and 25 books has profoundly influenced our understanding of the psychopathology of depression and suicide.
Among his many professional accolades, Dr. Aaron T. Beck was cited as 'one of the five most influential psychotherapists of all time' by The American Psychologist and in 1989 he received the American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award for the Application of Psychology.
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Jul 16, Alexander Luria: Today in the History of Psychology (16th July 1902)
7/16/2017 - Alexander Romanovich Luria was born. A founding figure within the field of cultural-historical Expand
7/16/2017 - Alexander Romanovich Luria was born. A founding figure within the field of cultural-historical psychology, Luria is also renowned for his pioneering work within neuropsychology, in particular his systematic research into the functional organization of memory and speech within the brain.
Among Luria's most influential published works were 'Higher Cortical Functions in Man' (1962), 'The Man with a Shattered World: The History of a Brain Wound' (1972) and 'The Working Brain' (1973).
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Jul 14, Mary Henle: Today in the History of Psychology (14th July 1913)
7/14/2017 - Mary Henle was born. A highly respected figure within the field of Gestalt psychology, Henle Expand
7/14/2017 - Mary Henle was born. A highly respected figure within the field of Gestalt psychology, Henle developed the first laboratory manual on the subject in 1948 and conducted influential empirical research within a range of topic areas including; perception, motivation, rationality, problem solving and the relationship between thinking and logic.
In recognition of a long and distinguished career, Henle was featured in the prestigious publication, American Men and Women of Science in 1978.
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Jul 12, Claude Bernard: Today in the History of Psychology (12th July 1813)
7/12/2017 - Claude Bernard was born. An eminent physiologist and advocate of the scientific method, Bernard's Expand
7/12/2017 - Claude Bernard was born. An eminent physiologist and advocate of the scientific method, Bernard's ideas on the importance of the constancy of the internal environment helped lay the foundation for homeostasis; a concept coined by Walter Canon which in turn was adopted by leading behaviorists such as J.B Watson and Curt Richter as an explanatory mechanism for motivated behavior.
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