PSYC 3125 Study Guide - Final Guide: Anna O., Cognitive Psychology, Reca
30 May 2016
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Ch 6 the birth of the new applied psychology in america. There has always been an applied psychology; but now there"s a new applied psychology based on science. **applied psyc did not start after wwi; but prior {stanley hall & his child psychology in late 1800s} psychologists decided had product to sell to public > many special applied areas. : science & practice of psyc both entered the 20th century. Excellent scientific methodology (studied w/ woodworth & cattell) 1 of the earliest psychopharmacology studies of humans. 1st rsrch done by psychologist for a major corporation. 1 of the earliest examples of psychologist testifying as expert scientific witness in a trial. Clinical psychology partly motivated by social changes {urbanization, compulsory education laws, new immigrant waves, etc} started w/ psychiatry & neurology & insane asylum movement; became overpopulated psychology enters domain when psychiatry had been looking at it for 100+ yrs.
