Forensic Psychology Blog
The All About Forensic Psychology Blog will be used to alert readers to all the latest content and resources added to the website.
It will also document a significant person, event or landmark in the history of psychology every day of the year.
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Oct 21, 2019
Nadine Lambert: Today in the History of Psychology (21st October 1926)
Nadine Lambert was born. A renowned researcher within educational settings, Lambert was the founder of the University of California, Berkeley's doctoral program in school psychology and served as director of this innovative program from 1965 until 2004.
The recipient of many honors in the course of an esteemed career, Lambert received the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award from the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1986 in recognition that her 'research on the social and the psychological antecedents of various childhood and adolescent mental health problems, as well as her work with hyperactive children, has contributed significantly to the improved treatment and understanding of many childhood and adolescent behavioral problems.' In 1998 the National Association of School Psychologists named Nadine Lambert a 'Living Legend,' and in 2005, she was awarded the APA Division 16 Senior Scientist Award for long-standing and exceptional contributions to the science of school psychology.
See following link to learn all about school psychology.
School Psychology
Oct 20, 2019
John Dewey: Today in the History of Psychology (20th October 1859)
John Dewey was born, an eminent philosopher, psychologist and champion of progressive educational and social reform, Dewey is widely considered as one of the 20th Century's greatest thinkers. A prolific writer, Dewey published influential works across a range of topics including; instrumentalism, pedagogy, epistemology, political theory, religion, pragmatism and ethics.
Among his many professional accolades, John Dewey served as president of the American Psychological Association in 1899, was awarded the prestigious Columbia University Butler Medal in 1935 for 'the distinguished character and continued vitality of his contributions to philosophy and education' and in 1968 was featured on a 30 cent stamp issued by the United States Post Office Department as part of their Prominent Americans series.
John Dewey died on the 1st June 1952 aged 92. His obituary in the New York Times noted that the best description of him was be found in the editorial written to mark his eightieth birthday: Namely, 'there are countless school children today and yesterday whose lives have been influenced in a constructive way by this one man who never shouted, and whose formally stated philosophy often is a stiff dose for more subtle minds.'
See following link to learn all about the fascinating history of psychology.
History of Psychology
Oct 19, 2019
Lois Stolz: Today in the History of Psychology (19th October 1891)
Lois Stolz was born. A pioneer in the field of childhood education and development, Stolz served as the first president of the National Association of Nursery Education in 1929 and as the first woman to chair the Committee for the National Society for the Study of Education oversaw a landmark publication on Preschool and Parental Education; which proved instrumental in stimulating interest and groundbreaking research within child development.
In the course of a long and distinguished academic career, Stolz worked as a research associate at the Institute of Child Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley before joining the faculty of psychology at Stanford University in 1944 where she remained until her retirement in 1957. A highly respected author, 'Your Child’s Development and Guidance' published in 1940 is widely cited as Lois Meek Stolz's most important publication.
See following link for quality child psychology information and resources.
Child Psychology
Oct 18, 2019
Roger N. Shepard: Today in the History of Psychology (18th October 1995)
Roger N. Shepard, Professor of psychology at Stanford University was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Clinton in a ceremony at the White House: 'For his theoretical and experimental work elucidating the human mind's perception of the physical world and why the human mind has evolved to represent objects as it does; and for giving purpose to the field of cognitive science and demonstrating the value of bringing the insights of many scientific disciplines to bear in scientific problem solving.'
See following link to learn all about the fascinating history of psychology.
History of Psychology
Oct 17, 2019
Robert Sessions Woodworth: Today in the History of Psychology (17th October 1869)
Robert Sessions Woodworth was born. A prominent academic psychologist in the first half of the twentieth century, Woodworth studied psychology under William James at Harvard University and earned a Ph.D. in psychology at Columbia University under the supervision of James McKeen Cattell.
Renowned for his work on a range of topics within the field of educational and physiological psychology, in particular the transfer of training and neural organization in emotion, Woodworth is also widely acclaimed for the influential and very popular textbooks his wrote; most notably 'Experimental Psychology,' the first edition of which was published in 1938.
Among his many professional accomplishments Robert Woodworth served as president of the American Psychological Association in 1914, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1921 and in 1956 was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Psychological Foundation for 'distinguished and continuous service to scholarship and research in Psychology and for contributions to the growth of Psychology through the medium of scientific publication.'
See following link to learn all about the fascinating history of psychology.
History of Psychology
Oct 16, 2019
Martin Theodore Orne: Today in the History of Psychology (16th October 1927)
Martin Theodore Orne was born. Emeritus professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, Orne was renowned for his pioneering work concerning the nature of hypnosis, memory distortion and lie detection and for his involvement as an expert witness in high profile criminal trials such as the Kenneth Bianchi 'Hillside Strangler' trial and the Patty Hearst bank robbery case.
Orne was also hugely influential in raising awareness of the inherent problem of demand characteristics within laboratory based behavioral research and the need for constant vigilance on the part of researchers concerning the ecological validity of their experiments.
Oct 15, 2019
Stanley Milgram: Today in the History of Psychology (15th October 1963)
Stanley Milgram's infamous article 'Behavioral Study of Obedience' was published in the 'Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology.' The first report from a series of the most notorious and controversial experiments in the history of psychology was introduced by Milgram as follows: 'This article describes a procedure for the study of destructive obedience in the laboratory. It consists of ordering a naive subject to administer increasingly more severe punishment to a victim in the context of a learning experiment. Punishment is administered by means of a shock generator with 30 graded switches ranging from Slight Shock to Danger: Severe Shock.'
Milgram's disturbing finding that 65% of subjects obeyed orders from an authority figure to inflict what they believed to be severe levels of pain on someone else still ranks among the most influential areas of social psychological research and remains the subject of much debate and conjecture to this day.
See following link for a fascinating Q & A with psychologist Gina Perry who has conducted compelling research into Stanley Milgram's infamous obedience experiments.
Gina Perry Interview