Advances in the History of Psychology

June Talks – BPS History of Psychological Disciplines Seminar Series

The British Psychological Society’s History of Psychology Centre, in conjunction with UCL’s Centre for the History of the Psychological Disciplines, has announced the next two talks as part of the BPS History of Psychological Disciplines Seminar Series...

Published Wed, Jun 04 2014 10:32 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Events, asylum, psychiatry, BPS, Graham Richards, History of Psychology Centre, Centre for the History of Psychological Disciplines, Sarah Chaney, creationism, self-harm

Who Was Little Albert? The Story Continues…

For generations, psychology students have been asking the question, “Whatever happened to Little Albert?”, the baby who John B Watson and Rosalie Rayner conditioned to fear furry things back in 1919. Five years ago, it seemed that the question...

Published Mon, Jun 02 2014 9:52 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

Now Available: The Psychology Book

A new book by Wade Pickren, editor of History of Psychology, is now available. The Psychology Book profiles 250 milestone in the history of psychology and features a foreword by Philip Zimbardo. The book is described as follows, What could be more fascinating...

Published Fri, May 16 2014 4:49 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Books, Philip Zimbardo, Wade Pickren

Recent Book: The Psychology of Personhood

AHP readers may be interested to know about the recently published book, The Psychology of Personhood: Philosophical, Historical, Social-Developmental, and Narrative Perspectives, edited by Jack Martin and Mark H. Bickhard. As described by the book’s...

Published Thu, May 15 2014 3:49 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, News, Resources, Books, Links, Kurt Danziger, personhood, Jeff Sugarman, James Lamiell, Mark Bickhard

New HoP: The “Lens,” Helmholtz, The Phi Phenomena, & More

The May 2014 issue of History of Psychology is now online. Included in this issue are articles on the interplay of images and concepts in ideas about the “lens” as developed by Fritz Heider and Egon Brunswick, the influence of Johann Gottlieb...

Published Wed, May 14 2014 10:18 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, Frederic Bartlett, teaching, phi phenomena, Max Wertheimer, images, Egon Brunswick, voluntarism, Helmholtz, Chinese psychology, Fritz Heider

Slate: Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient

Slate Magazine has just published a piece on infamous brain damage survivor Phineas Gage. To tell the story of Gage and his continuing importance in the history of psychology the article draws heavily on the work of Malcolm Macmillan. As the Slate article...

Published Wed, May 07 2014 7:50 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Links, Center for the History of Psychology, Phineas Gage, Malcolm Macmillan, Slate

Mapping Science & Reform: The First Generation of Chicago-Trained Female Social Scientists, Part III

This is part of a special series of posts on the digital history of psychology from members of the PsyBorgs Lab at York University, in Toronto, Canada. The full series of posts can be found here. Read Mapping Science & Reform: The First Generation...

Published Mon, May 05 2014 8:19 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, social science, digital history, psyborgs, Inside the Digital History of Psych, prosopography, women, Chicago, social reform

Medical History: Families and 19th c. Colonial Lunactic Asylums

The April 2014 issue of Medical History includes an article of interest to AHP readers. Lindy Wilbraham (left), of Rhodes University, discusses the relationship between families and colonial lunatic asylums in late-nineteenth century South America. Title...

Published Fri, May 02 2014 4:36 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, asylum, Foucault, colonialism, family, Medical History

New Books in STS Interview: Jamie Cohen-Cole on The Open Mind

Historian Jamie Cohen-Cole (left), author of the recent book The Open Mind: Cold War Politics and the Sciences of Human Nature, has been interviewed by New Books in Science, Technology, and Society, part of the New Books Network. As the site describes...

Published Thu, May 01 2014 4:35 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Books, Cold War, Interview, New Books Network, human nature, Jamie Cohen-Cole, New Books in STS, scientific technology, ideology, conservatism, New Left, centrist politics

Social History of Medicine: Madness & Sexuality, Child Psychiatry, & More

The May 2014 issue of Social History of Medicine includes several articles that may be of interest to AHP readers. Titles, authors, and abstracts follow below. “Madness and Sexual Psychopathies as the Magnifying Glass of the Normal: Italian Psychiatry...

Published Wed, Apr 30 2014 5:00 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, hysteria, Italy, sexuality, Portugal, Social History of Medicine, child psychiatry, Yugoslavia

J. of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences: LSD as Psychotherapy & Psychiatric Film

The April 2014 issue of Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences includes several items that may be of interest to AHP’s readers. Titles, authors, and abstracts follow below. “Efficacy and Enlightenment: LSD Psychotherapy and...

Published Tue, Apr 29 2014 11:14 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, psychiatry, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, LSD, film, psychotherapy

New BBC4 Series on Intelligence

BBC Radio 4 begins a new series today on the fraught topic of intelligence. The focus of each of its three half-hour episodes is given by the series title: “Intelligence: Born Smart, Born Equal, Born Different.” The series is hosted by BBC4...

Published Tue, Apr 29 2014 5:36 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Podcasts, bbc radio 4, intelligence, genetics

Mapping Science & Reform: The First Generation of Chicago-Trained Female Social Scientists, Part II

This is part of a special series of posts on the digital history of psychology from members of the PsyBorgs Lab at York University, in Toronto, Canada. The full series of posts can be found here. Read Mapping Science & Reform: The First Generation...

Published Mon, Apr 21 2014 8:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, social science, digital history, psyborgs, Inside the Digital History of Psych, prosopography, women, Chicago, social reform

History of Psych on BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is starting a new series on the history of psychology Monday. It is hosted by Martin Sixsmith and it is called “In Search of Ourselves.” I don’t know anything else yet, except that you will be able to download it here. Share...

Published Fri, Apr 18 2014 8:52 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

New Book: History of Psychology 101

As part of Springer’s Psych 101 series psychologist David Devonis, of Graceland University, has authored History of Psychology 101. As described on the publisher’s website, Spanning the modern development of psychological science and practice...

Published Wed, Apr 16 2014 7:24 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Books, textbook