Allen Esterson wrote: > On 11 January 2008 Chris Green wrote: > >> Also, on this day in 1890, the first experimental psychology laboratory >> in the British Empire opened. Can you guess where? See http://ahp.yorku.ca/ >> >>
>> Can you imagine my surprise to find it was in Canada, of all places! -:) My >> first guess was Canterbury, New Zealand, followed by Alice Springs, >> Australia. -:) >> >> Anyway, interesting to see the Canadians got there before their southern >> neighbours. Anyone know which was the first US experimental psychology >> laboratory? (My guess would be Harvard.) >> >> Americans did get there first. William James opened a class demonstration lab at Harvard in 1875. G. Stanley Hall opened the first full research lab at Johns Hopkins in 1883 (see Green, C. D. (2007). Johns Hopkins' first professorship in philosophy: A critical pivot point in the history of American psychology. American Journal of Psychology, 120, 303-323. It is on-line if your institution subscribes to AJP, but I'll e-mail you a copy if you want.) The full list of early North American psych labs can be found in a 1929 Psych Bull article by C. R. Garvey (see http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Garvey/ ). Toronto was 12th. Regards, Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ "Part of respecting another person is taking the time to criticise his or her views." - Melissa Lane, in a /Guardian/ obituary for philosopher Peter Lipton ================================= --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
