Mark:
I currently use Schultz & Schultz' History of Modern Psych (8th
ed, Thomson/Wadsworth). It's not the most comprehensive text, but it's a
nice foundation. It includes brief passages of original writings (e.g.
Fechner defining psychophysics, Locke defining empiricism, and so
forth).
I also use Ludy Benjamin and David Baker's "From S�ance to
Science: A history of the profession of psychology in america"; the
title aptly describes the book which has lengthy sections on the
development of clinical, counseling, child & school psych.
Also, American Psychologist over the years has published many
articles with historical overtones - e.g. 1992 Vol 47 (2) commemorates
100 years of APA, 1997 vol 57 (7) has an article on Pavlov's
contribution, they reprinted Watson & Raynor's CER article (it's quite a
read, can't recall the volume), and so forth. I compiled 20 to 30
articles mostly by skimming the table of contents.
Source books that I keep on my shelf (alongside Boring) for
student perusal include 'Classic Experiments in Psych' by Doug Mook
(2004, Greenwood), a summary of 60 experiments (not original). Stephen
Davis' (Ed.) Handbook of Research Methods in Experimental Psychology
(2003, Blackwell) starts with a gem of an chapter on 'Psychology's
Experimental Foundations' by James Goodwin. Also wonderful is Hilgard's
"History of Psychology in America" (loaned out at moment, don't know the
year).
I also maintain a list of "classic" books I found just sitting
on our library's shelves, and sometimes assign one per student to
summarize (a few chapters if long). These include Ebbinghaus' Memory,
James' Principles of Psych, unusual ones like Jennings "Behavior of the
Lower Organisms" and Romanes' "Animal Intelligence" which contain nice
historical overviews from _their_ perspective.
There are many creative assignments I have seen used in the
course over the years, which I am sure we're all willing to share as
well if interested.
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John W. Kulig
Professor of Psychology
Plymouth State College
Plymouth NH 03264
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"The roots of learning are bitter; but the fruits are sweet" - Polish
saying.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shearon, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 1:58 PM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
> Subject: RE: History and Systems Text
>
> Mark- I think that the text for History and Systems depends on the
> format of the course. I tend to use my own orientation as a starting
> point (i.e., there is a distinctly experimental/scientific orientation
> to the course). I've decided that beginning each area of the course
with
> a lecture to give an introduction/summary of the period, important
> scientific and social factors, etc. is sufficient organization. I have
> the students read original sources from "Classics in the History of
> Psychology". The web-site for that is http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/
> (Christopher Green, whose name you may recognize from the list does
the
> unbelievably difficult job of maintaining that site!). Ours is a
senior
> level course so I believe the focus on primary sources is necessary
for
> us. I have taught the course at a different level and used textbooks
and
> found that most worked reasonably well as long as you match the level
of
> the writing and coverage to the preparation of your students. Perhaps
> the most important thing for my choosing "good" texts for those
classes
> was involving students in the selection process. It seems that History
> and Systems texts are as guilty as any of the old dictum, "What you
like
> the students will hate and vice versa". I just found that there were
few
> texts that the students were neutral about. They loved or hated them
but
> their tastes rarely matched mine. Maybe I was lucky but I never ran
into
> any 'bad' texts in that area. Tim ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark S. Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 9:52 AM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
> Subject: History and Systems Text
>
> Colleagues, I'm teaching History and Systems for the first time this
> summer. Could you recommend a text? I'm looking at several right now
> that are all very similar in their coverage. Are there any that you
have
> found to be especially good in any ways?
>
> Thanks!
> Mark
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