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Classics in the History of Psychology: Conflicting Psychologies of Learning
A 1935 paper by psychologist Clark Hull. He discusses the disagreements between different types of psychologists and gives details of how to make psychological research more scientific.
York University
Classics in the History of Psychology: The Nature of Love
This resource presents a paper published in 1958 about the formation of affection. It looks at different psychological perspectives on this topic.
York University
Classics History of Psychology: Observations on the Organization of Personality
A transcript of Carl Rogers' address as the retiring President at the American Psychological Association the September 1947 Annual Meeting.
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Classics in the History of Psychology: The Social Self
A classic reading in psychology, this paper by George Herbert Mean was first published in 1913 on the social self.
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Classics in the History of Psychology: The Vectors of Mind
This site goes into detail about Spearman's two factor theory. From the classic paper "The Vectors of Mind" by L. L. Thurstone (1934) Address of the president before the American Psychological Association, Chicago meeting, September, 1933.
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Classics in the History of Psychology: Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It
Classical article by John B. Watson (one of the founders of Behaviorism) defining his views on Behaviorism.
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Classics in the History of Psychology: Principles of Psychology by William James
Complete volumes of the two volumes of this work are available for study.
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Classics History of Psychology: Value/need as Organizing Factors in Perception
This resource presents a paper originally from 1947 on value and need as factors in organizing a perception.
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Classics History of Psychology: New Methods Intellectual Level of Subnormals
Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon's work from 1905 serves as an introduction to the classic study on intelligence by Henry L. Minton, University of Windsor.
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Classics in the History of Psychology: Intergroup Conflict and Cooperation
This is the Robbers Cave Experiment. This experiment focused on intergroup relations, mostly negative attitudes toward the out group.
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Classics in the History of Psychology: Supersition in the Pigeon: B. F. Skinner
Classic study by B. F. Skinner concerning learned behavior in a pigeon.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Timeline: History of Psychology
Learn about the historical foundations of contemporary psychology. Use the timeline to explore key events, publications, and perspectives that have shaped psychology from the late 19th century to the present.
York University
Classics History of Psychology: Frustration Aggression Hypothesis Culture
This resource contains 7 different papers dealing with frustration and aggression. They date back to 1941 and are written by some historic psychologists. These papers have great insight into cognition and emotion of frustration and...
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Classics in the History of Psychology: Attitudes and Cognitive Organization
This resource provides a paper from 1946 by Fritz Heider on how attitudes of one person can influence the attitudes of others. A very basic concept put into detail.
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Classics History of Psychology: Commentary Origin/development of Psychoanalysis
Brief biography of Freud; discussion of his major theories about hysteria, dream interpretation, self-analysis, oedipus complex, etc. Makes references to several of Freud's books and papers.
University of Utah
University of Utah: History of Psychology: More on Logic
Brief overview of the definitions of 'inductive' versus 'deductive' reasoning.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Secret Life of the Brain: History of the Brain
From the PBS series, this history traces our quest to understand the human brain with an extensive timeline.
Other
Simply Psychology: Social Psychology
Explains what social psychology is, its history, and significant leaders in the field and the theories they developed.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Psychological Testing
Provides detailed information on psychological testing, describing its history and the many types of tests.
Other
New World Encyclopedia: Abnormal Psychology
Explains what the field of abnormal psychology covers, its historical roots, the different models used in the study of mental illness, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) used in diagnosis, and the...
Other
St. Thomas University (Canada): Raymond Bernard Cattell 1905 1998
Page provides an extensive biography of and dedication to Raymond Bernard Cattell and his contribution to the field of psychology. Each link provides a detailed description and tribute to Cattell himself.
York University
Classics in the History of Psych: Sigmund Freud
This page provides an index to Freud's papers on the Interpretation of Dreams. Original full text, simply select the chapter or topic.
Curated OER
Classics in the History of Psychology: Conflicting Psychologies of Learning
A 1935 paper by psychologist Clark Hull. He discusses the disagreements between different types of psychologists and gives details of how to make psychological research more scientific.
Curated OER
Classics in the History of Psychology: Conflicting Psychologies of Learning
A 1935 paper by psychologist Clark Hull. He discusses the disagreements between different types of psychologists and gives details of how to make psychological research more scientific.