Charlotte Malachowski Buhler Born: December 20, 1893 in Berlin, Germany Died: February 3, 1974 in Stuttgart, West Germany | |
Education Doctor of Philosophy (1918), University of Munich, Psychology B.S. (1915), University of Berlin, Psychology |
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Landmarks 1923 Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna Conducted research in the Vienna Psychological Institute 1924 Studied child and youth psychology at Columbia University Teachers College with Edward Thorndike 1929 Guest professor at Barnard College as a Rockefeller Fellow 1929 Associate Professor at the University of Vienna 1938 Nazis invaded Austria, closed the Vienna Psychological Institute, and destroyed all research records 1938 Karl Buhler was imprisoned while Charlotte was in England Karl and Charlotte were forced to flee Austria for political and racial reasons Professor of psychology at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN 1941 Director of a child guidance clinic in Worcester, MA 1943 Clinical psychologist at the Minneapolis General Hospital 1953 Humanistic private practice in Los Angeles, CA 1964 Organized the Old Saybrook Conference that led to the establishment of the Association for Humanistic Psychology with Maslow, Rogers, and Frankl |
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Contributions Charlotte Buhler is best known for her contributions to humanistic psychology. She was instrumental in distinguishing humanistic psychology (the "Third-Force") from psychoanalysis and behaviorism. |
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Honors 1965 President of American Association for Humanisitic Psychology 1970 Presided over the first International Conference on Humanisitic Psychology |
Key Words: humanistic psychology, life-span developmental psychology, child and youth psychology, life goals inventory |
Mary Whiton Calkins Born: March 30, 1863 in Hartford, CT Died: February 27, 1930 in Newton, MA | |
Education B.A. (1885), Smith College, Classics and Philosophy |
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Landmarks 1887 Faculty member at Wellesley College 1890 Trained in psychology and philosophy at Harvard and Clark Universities 1891 Psychology instructor at Wellesley College and established one of the first experimental psychology laboratories in the United States Trained in advanced psychology under Hugo Münsterberg until 1894 1895 Associate professor of psychology and philosophy at Wellesley College 1896 Refused admission to Harvard University as a doctoral candidate 1898 Professor at Wellesley College 1902 Offered a doctoral degree by Radcliffe College (Harvard counterpart for women), Calkins declined in protest |
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Contributions Mary Calkins is best known for her contributions to psychology and philosophy. She advocated self-psychology, consciousness, emotion, and dreams even as behaviorism emerged as the dominant zeitgeist. |
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Honors 1905 Elected first woman president of the American Psychological Association 1918 Elected first woman president of the American Philosophical Association 1908 Ranked twelfth leading psychologist in the United States 1909 Honorary Doctor of Letters degree by Columbia University 1910 Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Smith College |
Key Words: self-psychology, paired-associate method, attributes of sensation, space and time consciousness, emotion, color theory and dreams, religiousness of children, personalistic absolutism, atomistic psychology, science of selves |
Mamie Phipps Clark Born: April 18, 1917 in Hot Springs, AR Died: August 11, 1983 in New York, NY | |
Education Doctor of Philosophy (1943), Columbia University, Psychology M.A. (1940), Howard University, Psychology B.S. (1938), Howard University, Psychology |
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Landmarks The only African-American student in the psychology program at Columbia University Employed by the United States Armed Forces Institute as a research psychologist Counseled homeless African-American girls at the Riverdale Home for Children in NY 1946 Established the Northside Center for Child Development in a Harlem basement apartment 1954 Work by Mamie and Kenneth Clark cited by Supreme Court in the Brown v. Board of Education case |
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Contributions Mamie Clark is best known for her contributions to the study of segregation and self-image of minority children. -OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY- |
Key Words: psychology of minorities, segregation, White Doll Test, Black Doll Test, children's self-image, Kenneth Clark |
Florence Levin Denmark Born: January 28, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA | |
Education Doctor of Philosophy (1958), University of Pennsylvania, Psychology A.M. (1954), University of Pennsylvania, Psychology B.A. (1952), University of Pennsylvania Women's College, Psychology; History |
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Landmarks 1964 Instructor of psychology at Hunter College 1967 Assistant Professor at Hunter College 1972 Executive Officer of the psychology doctoral program at Hunter College 1973 Professor at Hunter College 1973 Founder of the American Psychological Association Psychology of Women division 1981 Established the International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women 1988 Instructor at Pace University |
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Contributions Florence Denmark is best known for her contributions to the psychology of women and gender. -OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY- |
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Honors 1978 New York State Psychological Association Kurt Lewin Award 1980 Association of Women Psychologists Outstanding Women in Science Award 1980 President of Psi Chi 1980 President of the American Psychological Association (APA) 1981 International Organization for Study of Group Tensions Distinguished Contribution 1984 Thomas Hunter Professor from Hunter College 1986 The Association for Women in Psychology Distinguished Career Award 1987 APA Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology Award 1989 President of the International Council of Psychologists 1992 APA Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in the Public Interest Award 1998 Psi Chi Thelma Hunt Research Award Robert S. Pace Distinguished Professor from Pace University Doctor of Humane Letters from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and Cedar Crest College |
Key Words: psychology of women, psychology of gender, leadership, international psychology |