John, Thanks so much for this input. Its very helpful. Mark
----- Original Message ----- From: John Kulig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, March 11, 2005 3:08 pm Subject: RE: History and Systems Text > 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. > > ============================================ > John W. Kulig > Professor of Psychology > Plymouth State College > Plymouth NH 03264 > ============================================ > > "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 > levelof > > the writing and coverage to the preparation of your students. > Perhaps> the most important thing for my choosing "good" texts for > thoseclasses > > 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. 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