PRE-SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY
1. The Witches of Salem, Massachusetts: 1692
Background and the Initial Episodes
Accusations and Death Sentences
Understanding the Causes of the Epidemic
2. Victor, The Wild Boy of Aveyron
Lessons from Victor's Treatment
3. Phineas Gage: The Man with a Hole in his Head
Gage's Accident Becomes More Widely Known
Franz Gall and Phrenology
The Change in Personality
The Legacy of Phineas Gage
THE EARLY YEARS
4. Hypnosis and Hysteria: Mesmer, Charcot, and the "Country Bumpkins"
Mesmer and Hypnosis in the Nineteenth Century
Ambroise-Auguste Leibault and Hippolyte Bernheim: The "Country Bumpkins"
Flaws in the System: Alfred Binet at La Salpetriere
The Success of the Nancy School
5. The Mysterious Case of Anna O.
Anna O.'s Identity Revealed
6. Clever Hans, the Wonder Horse
The Venue and the Repertoire
How Could Observers Have Been So Wrong About Hans?
7. Francis Galton: Explorer, Eugenicist, and Accidental Psychology
Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species
8. A Man and His Dogs: The Story of Ivan Pavlov
The Movement into Science
Criticisms of Pavlov's Research
Attitude Toward Psychology
Contributions to Mental Health
9. Hermann Rorschach and His (In)Famous Test
Curious Uses of the Rorschach
Criticisms of the Rorschach
10. The Casa Di Bambini: Maria Montessori and Her Method
Principles for the Classroom
Montessori's Influence Spreads
Montessori in the United States
Evaluating Montessori and Her Movement
11. Sigmund Freud's Only Visit to America
Clark University and the Lectures
Immediately After the Conference
The Impact of the "Freud Conference"
Return to Vienna and Freud's Final Days
12. Hugo Munsterberg: Pioneer Applied Psychologist, Torn BEtween Two Worlds
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Germany, World War I, and Growing Problems
Munsterberg's Place in History
13. Mary Whiton Calkins: An Academic Pioneer in Search of a Doctoral Degree
Calkins Moves into Psychology
Wellesley and Harvard Redux
The Legacy of Mary Whiton Calkins
14. Henry Goddard, Deborah Kallikak, and That Terrible Family of Hers
Martin Kallikak and His Ancestors
The Real Name of the Kallikak Family
Impact of the Kallikak Family
15. Little Albert: Teaching a Child to be Afraid
John B. Watson and Behaviorism
Further Criticisms of the Little Albert Study
Watson and Rayner After the Experiment
Whatever Became of Little Albert?
Looking Back at Albert B.
16. WHen Geniuses Grow Up: The Terman Gifted Study
The Gifted at Mid-Life and Beyond
A Few of the Notable Participants
ENTERING THE MODERN ERA
17. The Minnesota Starvation Study
18. The Burt Affair: Fraud or Political Ideology?
Fraud or Political Ideology?
19. Talking to Animals: The Story of Nim Chimpsky
Another Transition for Nim
Criticisms of the Research
20. From Dolla Play to the Supreme Court: The Legacy of Kenneth B. Clark
The Road to the Supreme Court
After Brown v. the Board of Education
The American Psychological Association
21. Challenging Societal Norms on Homosexuality: The Story of Evelyn Hooker
22. In Praise of Love: Harry Harlow and His Monkeys
The Affection Experiments Begin
The Isolation Experiments
Criticisms and Contributions
23. The Shocking Dr. Milgram
Criticisms of His Research
After the Obedience Studies
The Move to the City University of New York
Final Years and Summary Thoughts
24. The Murder of Kitty Genovese
Social Scientists and the "Bystander Effect"
The Parable of the 38 Witnesses
Final Thoughts on the Genovese Tragedy