Apr 21, Oskar Pfungst: Today in the History of Psychology (21st April 1874)
12 HRS AGO - Oskar Pfungst was born. A comparative psychologist renowned for his detailed study of Clever Hans, Expand
12 HRS AGO - Oskar Pfungst was born. A comparative psychologist renowned for his detailed study of Clever Hans, a performing horse who tapped his hoof a given number of times in order to give correct answers to complex arithmetical problems. Pfungst concluded that it was unintentional conditioning, rather than intellectual ability which explained Hans's apparent mathematical genius. He wrote:
'Hans's accomplishments are founded first upon a one-sided development of the power of perceiving the slightest movements of the questioner, secondly upon the intense and continued, but equally one-sided, power of attention, and lastly upon a rather limited memory, by means of which the animal is able to associate perceptions of movement with a small number of movements of its own which have become thoroughly habitual.'
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Apr 19, Gustav Theodor Fechner: Today in the History of Psychology (19th April 1801)
2 DAYS AGO - Gustav Theodor Fechner was born. A renowned philosopher and physicist, Fechner's lifelong interest Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Gustav Theodor Fechner was born. A renowned philosopher and physicist, Fechner's lifelong interest in psychophysics - the quantitative study of the relationship between physical stimuli and the psychological sensations and perceptions they induce - had an integral influence on the development of experimental psychology.
Rightly considered a founder of modern psychology Fechner's papers were bequeathed to Wilhelm Wundt following his death in 1887.
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Apr 17, Hippolyte Bernheim: Today in the History of Psychology (17th April 1840)
4 DAYS AGO - Hippolyte Bernheim was born. An eminent French neurologist and early mentor of Sigmund Freud, Expand
4 DAYS AGO - Hippolyte Bernheim was born. An eminent French neurologist and early mentor of Sigmund Freud, Bernheim was appointed professor of clinical medicine at Nancy in 1879 where he helped pioneer the study and application of hypnotism within psychotherapy.
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Apr 14, Edward C. Tolman: Today in the History of Psychology (14th April 1886)
7 DAYS AGO - Edward C. Tolman was born. A pioneering researcher within the field of learning theory and Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Edward C. Tolman was born. A pioneering researcher within the field of learning theory and motivation, Tolman is best known for introducing "purposive behaviorism" his own brand of behaviorist inquiry which emphasized the role of cognition within the learning process.
Edward C. Tolman served as president of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1937 and received the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions in 1957.
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Apr 12, Alan Kent Malyon: Today in the History of Psychology (12th April 1941)
4/12/2019 - Alan Kent Malyon was born. A highly respected clinical psychologist, Malyon was a founding figure Expand
4/12/2019 - Alan Kent Malyon was born. A highly respected clinical psychologist, Malyon was a founding figure within the field of lesbian and gay psychology. In 1986 he served as chair of the American Psychological Association Committee on Lesbian and Gay Concerns during which time he set in place enduring initiatives to ensure that gay and lesbian issues were addressed within mainstream psychology.
Of all Malyon's many accomplishments arguably his greatest was his successful campaign to have 'egodystonic homosexuality' removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; a watershed moment in challenging misinformation about homosexuality. Collapse
Apr 9, Rosa Katz: Today in the History of Psychology (9th April 1885)
4/9/2019 - Rosa Katz was born. A pioneering developmental psychologist, Katz is best known for her classic Expand
4/9/2019 - Rosa Katz was born. A pioneering developmental psychologist, Katz is best known for her classic work 'Gespräche mit Kindern' (Conversations With Children) which she wrote with her husband David Katz.
The book was the result of an extensively recorded account of over 150 conversations Rosa and David Katz had with children in the course of one year (1925-1926) and is considered a landmark publication within the field of pedagogical psychology.
See following link for quality developmental psychology information and resources.
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Apr 4, Fred McKinney: Today in the History of Psychology (4th April 1908)
4/4/2019 - Fred McKinney was born. A highly respected educator, McKinney was best known for his introductory Expand
4/4/2019 - Fred McKinney was born. A highly respected educator, McKinney was best known for his introductory psychology course which he taught to an estimated 50,000 students during his distinguished 47 year teaching career.
A technological innovator, McKinney pioneered the use of television as a teaching aid in 1962 by producing a closed-circuit version of his lecture course which was distributed through National Educational Television and the University of Mid-America.
In 1977 Fred McKinney received the American Psychological Foundation (APF) Distinguished Contribution to Education in Psychology Award.
See following link to access an outstanding free Introduction to Psychology course delivered by Professor Paul Bloom from Yale University.
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Apr 2, Pygmalion in the Classroom: Today in the History of Psychology (2nd April 1968)
4/2/2019 - Pygmalion in the Classroom by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson was published. This classic Expand
4/2/2019 - Pygmalion in the Classroom by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson was published. This classic book about interpersonal self-fulfilling prophecies in an educational context examined 'how one person's expectation for another person's behavior can quite unwittingly become a more accurate prediction simply for its having been made.'
See following link for quality educational psychology information and resources.
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1 DAY AGO - Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team tackle discoveries and oddities with a team of experts Expand
1 DAY AGO - Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team tackle discoveries and oddities with a team of experts in a special live show recorded at the Edinburgh Science Festival. Collapse
Apr 18, Broca's Area: Today in the History of Psychology (18th April 1861)
3 DAYS AGO - French physician, anatomist and surgeon Pierre Paul Broca performed an autopsy on Louis Victor Expand
3 DAYS AGO - French physician, anatomist and surgeon Pierre Paul Broca performed an autopsy on Louis Victor Leborgne. Monsieur Leborgne more commonly known as 'Tan' due to the fact that this was just about the only word he could say is one of the most important patients in the history of neuropsychology.
Having autopsied Leborgne's brain, Broca reported that he had discovered an abnormality in the left frontal lobe and concluded that this must be the patient's cortical speech production center; a part of the brain that would subsequently become known as 'Broca's area.'
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Apr 16, Albert Hofmann: Today in the History of Psychology (16th April 1943)
5 DAYS AGO - Eminent Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann experienced the first ever LSD-induced 'acid trip.' Hoffman Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Eminent Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann experienced the first ever LSD-induced 'acid trip.' Hoffman synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938 but was unaware of its powerful hallucinogenic properties until he accidentally absorbed a small amount of the drug, the effects of which he described as follows.
'...affected by a remarkable restlessness, combined with a slight dizziness. At home I lay down and sank into a not unpleasant intoxicated-like condition, characterized by an extremely stimulated imagination. In a dreamlike state, with eyes closed (I found the daylight to be unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors.'
Huge research interest in the clinical, psychological and psychiatric applications of LSD followed Hofmann's discovery; however, moral panic over its recreational use and concern over potential adverse psychiatric reactions led to a wide scale ban of LSD by Collapse
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4/14/2019 - Dr Chris Smith & the team discuss cancer killing immune systems, sharks with cameras, and the Expand
4/14/2019 - Dr Chris Smith & the team discuss cancer killing immune systems, sharks with cameras, and the Space Twins. Collapse
Apr 11, Freud and Jung: Today in the History of Psychology (11th April 1906)
4/11/2019 - The legendary correspondence between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung began with a short letter from Expand
4/11/2019 - The legendary correspondence between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung began with a short letter from Freud which read:
Dear colleague,
Many thanks for sending me your Diagnostic Association Studies, which in my impatience I had already acquired. Of course your latest paper 'Psychoanalysis and Association Experiments' pleased me most, because in it you argue on the strength of your own experience that everything I have said about the hitherto unexplored fields of our discipline is true. I am confident that you will often be in a position to back me up, but I shall also gladly accept correction.
Yours sincerely, DR FREUD
See following links for Freud and Jung information and resources.
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Apr 8, Edmund Husserl: Today in the History of Psychology (8th April 1859)
4/8/2019 - Edmund Husserl was born. A founding figure within the philosophical movement known as Expand
4/8/2019 - Edmund Husserl was born. A founding figure within the philosophical movement known as phenomenology, Husserl championed the study of experience and intentionality from a first-person perspective.
The influence of phenomenology within psychology is most notable within the humanistic approach espoused by such eminent luminaries as Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow.
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Apr 6, George A. Miller: Today in the History of Psychology (6th April 1956)
4/6/2019 - George A. Miller's article "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Expand
4/6/2019 - George A. Miller's article "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information" was published in Psychological Review.
Building on psychological research that maintained that short-term memory is restricted to just a few bits of information, this classic paper is among the most frequently cited journal articles in introductory psychology textbooks.
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If you would like to read 'The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information' in full for free, you can do so via the following link.
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Apr 1, Abraham Maslow: Today in the History of Psychology (1st April 1908)
4/1/2019 - Abraham Maslow was born. One of the most eminent psychologists of the 20th Century, Maslow was a Expand
4/1/2019 - Abraham Maslow was born. One of the most eminent psychologists of the 20th Century, Maslow was a founding figure within psychology's "third force" humanistic psychology and achieved world renown for his work on self-actualization at the pinnacle of a hierarchy of human needs.
Among his many professional accolades, Abraham Maslow was elected president of the American Psychological Association in 1968.
See following link to check out the free psychology ebook and article collection which includes a free full-text copy of Abraham Maslow's classic article 'A Theory of Human Motivation'.
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Apr 20, Joseph Wolpe: Today in the History of Psychology (20th April 1915)
1 DAY AGO - Joseph Wolpe was born. A hugely influential advocate of behavior therapy, Wolpe developed Expand
1 DAY AGO - Joseph Wolpe was born. A hugely influential advocate of behavior therapy, Wolpe developed Systematic Desensitization, a revolutionary treatment for phobia induced anxiety based upon behaviorist principles of learning and 'unconditioning,' which he described as follows.
'The desensitization method consists of presenting to the imagination of the deeply relaxed patient the feeblest item in a list of anxiety-evoking stimuli - repeatedly, until no more anxiety is evoked. The next item of the list is then presented, and so on, until eventually even the strongest of the anxiety-evoking stimuli fails to evoke any stir of anxiety in the patient.'
In 1979 Joseph Wolpe received the American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology.
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Apr 15, Max Wertheimer: Today in the History of Psychology (15th April 1880)
6 DAYS AGO - Max Wertheimer was born. A founding figure within Gestalt psychology, Wertheimer's landmark paper Expand
6 DAYS AGO - Max Wertheimer was born. A founding figure within Gestalt psychology, Wertheimer's landmark paper 'Experimentelle Studien über das Sehen von Bewegung' (Experimental Studies of the Perception of Movement) ranks among the most important publications in the history of psychology.
This hugely influential paper is where Wertheimer first describes the phi phenomenon - the illusion of motion between stationary objects when presented rapidly in succession. Wertheimer's work in this area revolutionized the study of perception within psychology.
See following link to read 'Gestalt Theory' by Max Wertheimer in full for free! A classic text in the history of Gestalt Psychology.
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Apr 13, Martha E. Bernal: Today in the History of Psychology (13th April 1931)
4/13/2019 - Martha E. Bernal was born. In 1962 Bernal earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Expand
4/13/2019 - Martha E. Bernal was born. In 1962 Bernal earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Indiana University and in doing so became the first woman of Mexican descent to receive a PhD in psychology in the USA.
During the course of a very successful career Martha E. Bernal made a telling contribution to several areas of research, including human psychophysiology, Latino psychology and minority mental health issues.
See following link to learn about some of the most eminent women in the history of psychology.
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Apr 10, Dorothea Dix: Today in the History of Psychology (10th April 1844)
4/10/2019 - An article by pioneering social reformer and mental health advocate Dorothea Dix was published in Expand
4/10/2019 - An article by pioneering social reformer and mental health advocate Dorothea Dix was published in the Providence Journal. Entitled "Astonishing Tenacity of Life" the publication documented the plight of Abram Simmons, a mentally ill man "confined for several years in a dungeon in the town of Little Compton."
Dix wrote further articles and petitioned the Massachusetts legislature as part of her unceasing campaign to highlight the inhumane treatment of the mentally ill. A campaign that eventually lead to the building of the Rhode Island's Butler Hospital for the Insane; named after industrialist Cyrus Butler who was persuaded by Dix to donate $30,000 towards its construction.
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Apr 7, Bronislaw Malinowski: Today in the History of Psychology (7th April 1884)
4/7/2019 - Bronislaw Malinowski was born. An eminent anthropologist, Bronislaw's groundbreaking cultural Expand
4/7/2019 - Bronislaw Malinowski was born. An eminent anthropologist, Bronislaw's groundbreaking cultural perspectives on crime and sex were hugely influential in establishing topics such as social influence and moral judgment as areas of mainstream psychological interest. Collapse
Apr 5, Morton Prince: Today in the History of Psychology (5th April 1898)
4/5/2019 - A pioneer in the field of abnormal psychology, Morton Prince conducted the first of several Expand
4/5/2019 - A pioneer in the field of abnormal psychology, Morton Prince conducted the first of several clinical hypnosis sessions with 'Sally Beauchamp,' the result of which was the first widely reported case of multiple personality. According to Prince his patient had three distinct personalities.
See following link to learn all about 'abnormal psychology,' including an important discussion on whether the term abnormal psychology is actually fit for purpose.
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Apr 3, Florence L. Geis: Today in the History of Psychology (3rd April 1933)
4/3/2019 - Florence L. Geis was born. A social psychologist renowned for her pioneering research into gender Expand
4/3/2019 - Florence L. Geis was born. A social psychologist renowned for her pioneering research into gender bias and the psychology of women. Geis also received widespread acclaim for her collaboration with Richard Christie who together posited the notion that Machiavellianism exists as a distinct personality trait.
See following link for quality social psychology information and resources.
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