THIS WEEK IN THE
HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
A
podcast series by
Christopher
D. Green
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This
Week in the History of Psychology (which we call by the slightly silly name of TWITHOP)
was originally
a weekly podcast, produced in 2006-07. It was written and produced by
Christopher D. Green, professor of
psychology at
Since
the original series (which is still available below) the format has evolved in
various ways:
interviews,
discussions, reviews – everything related to the history of psychology.
(I
also toned down the bright red background that Vaughan Bell at “Mind Hacks”
complained about!)
As
always, the primary intended audience is students in college and university
courses on the history of psychology.
We
always welcome teachers using these podcasrts as
“assigned listening” in their courses.
To subscribe, copy
this URL into your RSS aggregator:
http://www.yorku.ca/christo/podcasts/twithopfeed.xml
You
can contact the producer at twithop@yorku.ca
New
at TWITHOP!
2012
New series: TWITHOP:shorts
Brief reviews of important, recently-published
journal articles on the history of psychology.
Episode 1 (forthcoming). “Little
Albert: A neurologically impaired child”
by Alan J. Fridlund, Hall P. Beck, William D. Goldie, & Gary
Irons.
Published in History
of Psychology (2012)
Review by Christopher Green
2011
New mini-series: The
History of Psychology Laboratory (HooPLa!)
Moderated by Christopher Green
Episode 1. Mental
Asylums
Jennifer Bazar leads a discussion of the history of
these
qunitessential Victorian Institutions.
Where did they come from? Where di they go?
Discussants include: Jeremy Burman,
Jacy Young
Episode 2 (forthcoming). Mental Testing
Jacy Young leads a discussion about the origins of the
Mental Testing movement, and its transformation into a
full-fledged “industry” in the early 20th
century.
2010
Vincent Hevern (LeMoyne College), Robert Kugelman
(U. Dallas),
and Henderikus Stam (U. Calgary) discuss the history and legacy of
psychology’s “Third Force.”
2009
Director
of the Archives of the History of American Psychology
(and now, the Center for the History of Psychology)
University
of Akron
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Original 2006-07 Episodes The focus of each episode is an interview with an expert on a
featured event that occurred during that particular week in psychology's
past. In addition, each episode begins with brief descriptions of several
events from that week and ends with a celebration of the week's birthdays
(and other anniversaries). Each episode is about 25 minutes in length and is
freely available to anyone who is interested in the topic. |
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Fall dates.
Featured interview. Aug 28-Sep 3. Raymond Fancher on Sigmund Freud's only trip to the Sep 4-10. David Baker on David Shakow's 1947 report to the APA that guides the training
of clinical psychologists to the present day/ Sep 11-17. Malcolm Macmillan on
the life and myth of Phineas Gage. Full interview with Malcolm Macmillan (50
min). Sep 18-24. Alexandra Rutherford
on B. F. Skinner's 1971 appearance on the cover of Time magazine. Sep 25-Oct 1. Michael Sokal on James McKeen Cattell's 1917 dismissal from Oct 2-8. Wayne Viney on the 1890 publication of William James's Principles of Psychology. Oct 9-15. Thomas Blass on
Stanley Milgram's shocking studies of obedience. Oct 16-22. John Shook on the
life of the founder of the modern American school system, John Dewey. Oct 23-29. Lawrence Stern on the
intelligence of James McConnell's cannibalistic flatworms. Oct 30-Nov 5. Gerald Grob on the impact of the Community Mental Centers Act of
1963. Nov 6-12. Ian Nicholson on the
founder of modern personality theory, Gordon Allport)
Nov 13-19. Michael Rashotte on the last book by revolutionary behaviorist.
Clark Hull. Nov 20-26. David Robinson on the
founder of experimental psychology Wilhelm Wundt. Nov 27-Dec 3. William Tucker on
the controversial ideas of personality theorist Raymond B. Cattell. Dec 4-10. Ludy
T. Benjamin Jr. on Nobel prizes won and lost by psychologists and
"near-psychologists." |
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Winter dates. Featured interview. Jan 7-13. Robert H. Wozniak on the developmental
and evolutionary psychologist, James Mark Baldwin. Full interview
with Robert H. Wozniak (53 min.). Jan 14-20. C. James Goodwin on E. B. Titchener’s “Society of Experimental Psychologists.” Jan 21-27. Harry Heft on James J. Gibson, the
founder of ecological psychology. Jan 28-Feb 3. David Baker on the psychograph [picture], the 1930s’ automatic phrenologist. Feb 4-10. Ludy T.
Benjamin Jr. on the 1988 splitting of the American Psychological Society from
the APA. Feb 11-17. Eric Engstrom
on Emil Kraeplelin, the man behind the modern
categories of mental illness. Feb 18-24. Charles Brewer on John B. Watson, the
founder of behaviorism. Feb 25-Mar 3. William Tucker on the career of
the controversial intelligence man, Cyril Burt. Mar 4-10. Dorothy Ross on the founder of the
APA, Granville Stanley Hall. Mar 11-17. Henderikus
J. Stam on the first studies in which rats were run
through mazes [picture]. Mar 18-24. Wade Pickren
on pioneering African-American psychologist, Oran Eagleson.
Mar 25-31. Katharine Milar
on the first woman president of the APA, Mary Whiton
Calkins April 1-7. Raymond Fancher
on English polymath Francis Galton. April 8-14. Stanley Finger on the trailblazing
neurologist, Paul Broca, and his patient, “Tan.” April 15-21. Michael Wertheimer on the founder
of Gestalt psychology, Max
Wertheimer. |
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