On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:24:11 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: >Mike Palij wrote: >> On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:53:47 -0400, Christopher D. Green wrote: >>> I am nearly certain this this is incorrect. >> >> You're being a little vague here. My post is below. Are you >> saying that headshrinker was not in use in Hollywood in the >> later 1940s? > >Sorry, that was a little vague. I am saying that I don't think that is >the origin of the term; that it was used much earlier than that, and >much more widely than in the Hollywood alone. > >> What is your evidence? > >Angle, P. M. (1975). /Philip K. Wrigley: A memoir of a modest man/. >Chicago: Rand >McNally, p. 65.
You'll forgive me if I don't consult this directly because it is not available electronically or even that easily in book form. So, instead I'll use your quote from Green (2003) "Psychology Strikes Out": |The use of carefully researched skill-development drills was almost |unheard of, especially on the Cubs. In particular, the moody manager |of the Cubs, Charlie Grimm, would have little to do with what he |saw as the "headshrinker" (Angle, 1975, p. 65) from Urbana, his fancy |equipment, and his high-falutin' ideas about training. (p272) Again, the context is unclear. When was the term headshrinker used? Was it back in 1938? If so, is there a written record that is cited in Angle's book or elsewhere? Or did this come from an interview with Grimm? Is so, when did the interview take place? Since you claim above that the term headshrinker was in wide use apparently before the 1940s, can you provide any other sources, especially ones published before the 1950s that support this assertion? Searches of several databases don't turn up anything. NOTE: one can use books.google.com to search for headshrinker for publications in a time range; use the following string to identify publications that presumably have "headshrinker" in them: headshrinker date:1900-1950. However, a number of the sources that Google produces are rather obscure but it does reference the American Psychologist, page 264 in 1948. Examination of this issue through PsycArticles shows that it contains the program for the 1948 APA convention and a word search turns up no use of headshrinker, not on page 264 or anywhere else. One wonders why Google "thinks" that headshrinker should be there. If anyone has the time, perhaps one could examine the other sources to see if headshrinker is really in them or Google is providing false alarms. It would be interesting to establish the first printed use of the term headshrinker to refer to a psychiatrist/analyst. -Mike Palij New York University [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
