PSYC 403 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Behaviorism, Radical Behaviorism, Mary Ainsworth
24 Feb 2015
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Chapter 14 - canadian contributors to world psychology. More than 8 canadian psychologists who have contributed to the prosperity of psychology. First psych course offered at dalhousie in 1838, then mcgill, then uoft. First psych laboratories announced at mcgill in 1924, and at uoft at 1926. Those 8 who have internationally reputed works and have had a decisive impact on the development of psychology and neuroscience: james mark baldwin (1861 - 1934) Organizer of the rst psychological laboratory in canada at the university of toronto in 1891. (contradicts with the info above. typo?) Psychology started to be its visible dissident (separate from philosophy) thanks to baldwin"s initiative. He spent some time with w. wundt in leipzig before graduating from psychology at princeton university. Initially his lab focused on the didactic illustration for the psych of structuralism. He illustrated individual differences in simple reaction time. Acted as a prestigious teacher and editor of the journal psychological.
