It should come as no surprise that some psychologists are, well, odd, peculiar, and "special" in unusual ways. Many are your typically mainstream, middle-class (bourgeoisie) folks who tend to be plain vanilla in many tastes, polite (in contrast to being "rude" or "honest"), and, well, boring. So it should not come as a surprise when someone outside of the "guild" ;-) comes across one of the "odd ones" and, well, draws attention to them.
The odd one for today is William Moulton Marston, a Harvard Ph.D. who was a student of Hugo Munsterberg though they appear to have had a falling out, possibly over Marston's claim that he created the "lie detector" which Hugo Munsterberg apparently laid claim to (Ludy Benjamin appears to side with Hugo). But that's not Marston's claim to "fame", rather, it is his creation of the female superhero "Wonder Woman". And even this is not what makes Marston special or weird, it's... well, you'll have to read for yourself. Jill Lepore wrote an article about Marston in the September 2014 "New Yorker", probably in anticipation of the upcoming Wonder Woman movie; see: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/last-amazon Ms. Lepore has also published about Marston and how Wonder Woman came to be which available on Amazon and other outlets: see: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K4C3QPK/ref=s9_simh_gw_p351_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1D2ZD1GG1WNYVJHVMCBV&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846 Just goes to show that a Ph.D. in psychology doesn't have to rely on academia to become "famous" (or "infamous") but John Watson already taught us that. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] P.S. Best use of lie detector? In adverts for Gillette shaving blades. see: http://books.google.com/books?id=Zk0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65&dq=marston+%22lie+detector%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xKRKVOWdN6XIsATl9oCoBQ&ved=0CIABEOgBMA0#v=onepage&q=marston%20%22lie%20detector%22&f=false and http://books.google.com/books?id=9EkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67&dq=marston+%22lie+detector%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xKRKVOWdN6XIsATl9oCoBQ&ved=0CF4Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=marston%20%22lie%20detector%22&f=false --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=39529 or send a blank email to leave-39529-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
