And now for something completely different... well, not completely. I like to start (or sometimes end) history of psychology courses with a passage from the preface to the 2nd edition of Daniel Robinson's _Intellectual History of Psychology_ which says, in effect, that all the major theoretical positions in psychology were more or less in place by 1750 and all that the last 250 years of psychology have contributed are some data and technology. It is a great discussion question (it is far more interesting to try to argue that he is right than that he is wrong), and I've often thought of incorporating it into an exam question, though I've never quite had the guts. Comments?
I hit this theme in my course as well - and I think Robinson is more right than he is wrong. I would even go so far as to say that 1750 is too recent. There is a *lot* of modern psychology to be found in Plato and Aristotle.
I also tend to stress that Darwin's theory of evolution is perhaps the most important event in the recent history of psychology - a radical position, I realize - but one can make a pretty reasonable argument to that effect.
-- Jim
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