1992
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066x.47.2.132
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Psychologists on site: A reconnaissance of the historiography of the laboratory.

Abstract: Since 1890, more than 100 articles about American psychology laboratories and departments have been published, written mostly by and for psychologists. This article explores the development of this genre and shows how psychologists attempted to reconcile their scientific ideals with institutional realities in describing their academic homes. After these accounts are reviewed, it is argued that this historiographic tradition has been shaped by a pervasive ideology ofexperimentalism and a fascination with the te… Show more

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“…From very early on Hall's lectures on pedagogy were peppered with the results of his research on children. Although trained in, and an advocate for, the new scientific psychology which emphasized the use of experimental methods and firmly located itself within laboratory spaces (Capshew, 1992;Coon, 1993;Kroker, 2003;Morawski, 1988), Hall's inquiries into childhood eschewed these qualities. Instead, to ascertain the nature of childhood Hall employed topical syllabi, or questionnaires.…”
Section: Hall As Pedagogical Expertmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…From very early on Hall's lectures on pedagogy were peppered with the results of his research on children. Although trained in, and an advocate for, the new scientific psychology which emphasized the use of experimental methods and firmly located itself within laboratory spaces (Capshew, 1992;Coon, 1993;Kroker, 2003;Morawski, 1988), Hall's inquiries into childhood eschewed these qualities. Instead, to ascertain the nature of childhood Hall employed topical syllabi, or questionnaires.…”
Section: Hall As Pedagogical Expertmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the past, historians have primarily studied the development of scientific psychology in the light of the biographies of pioneers (e.g., Fancher, 1985;Kimble, Wertheimer, & White, 1991;Kimble, Boneau, & Wertheimer, 1996), psychological research methodology (e.g., Danziger, 1990), publishing houses and editorial policy of books and journals (e.g., Nicolas, 2015), descriptions of laboratories (e.g., Capshew, 1992) and of some of their instruments (e.g., Evans, 1999;Schmidgen, 2005;Nicolas & Thompson, 2015), etc. Although some information is available on lists of instruments located in early laboratories (e.g., Popplestone & McPherson, 1971, 1980Nicolas & Young, 2014), to my knowledge little has been written about the relationships existing between psychologists and instrument designers (see however Benschop & Draaisma, 2000;Evans, 2000;Haupt, 2001).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The late nineteenth century was a formative period for the emerging discipline of psychology. In the past, historians have primarily studied the development of the discipline in the light of the biographies of pioneers (e.g., Fancher, ; Kimble, Wertheimer, & White, ; Kimble, Boneau, & Wertheimer, ), psychological research methodology (e.g., Danziger, ), descriptions of laboratories and techniques (e.g., Capshew, ; Nicolas & Young, ), etc. However, the importance of the publishing houses in the development of the new psychology, and science in general, should not be underestimated since it would not have been possible to disseminate the ideas of the various authors working in this field without the existence of specialist publishers.…”
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