This Week in the History of Psychology

By Christopher D. Green

Society & Culture Science & Medicine Education History Social Sciences Higher Education

What's This Week in the History of Psychology about?

A weekly podcast about psychology's past, including interviews with notable historians of psychology, discussions of topics related to the field, and reviews of recent publications.

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This Week in the History of Psychology episodes:

05.17.2012
Shorts: JM Cattell
Review of 2011 _History of Psychology_ article "Cattell, Columbia, and Academic Freedom..."
03.01.2012
Shorts: Albert B
Review of 2012 _History of Psychology_ article "Little Albert: A neurologically impaired child."
02.27.2012
Victorian Asylums
Origins, purpose, and fate of 19th-c. mental asylums.
02.24.2012
Humanistic Psychology
A discussion of psychology's "Third Force" with Vincent Hevern (LeMoyne), Robert Kugelman (Dallas), and Henderikus Stam (Calgary).
08.17.2009
American Psychology Archives
Featuring an interview with David Baker on the operation and importance of the Archives of the History of American Psychology.
04.12.2007
April 15-21
Gestalt psychology w/ Michael Wertheimer.
04.05.2007
April 8-14
Paul Broca w/ Stanley Finger
03.29.2007
April 1-7
Francis Galton w/ Raymond Fancher
03.23.2007
March 25-31
Mary Whiton Calkins w/ Katharine Milar
03.08.2007
March 18-24
Oran Eagleson w/ Wade Pickren
03.08.2007
March 11-17
Rat mazes w/Henderikus Stam
03.01.2007
March 4-10
G. Stanley Hall w/ Dorothy Ross
02.22.2007
February 25-March 3
Cyril Burt w/ William Tucker
02.15.2007
February 18-24
John B. Watson w/ Charles Brewer
02.08.2007
February 11-17
Emil Kraeplelin w/ Eric Engstrom
02.01.2007
February 4-10
APA/APS split w/ Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr.
01.26.2007
January 28-February 3
The psycograph w/ David Baker.
01.19.2007
January 21-27
J. J. Gibson w/ Harry Heft
01.11.2007
January 14-20
Titchener's "Experimentalists" w/ C. James Goodwin
01.04.2007
January 7-13
James Mark Baldwin w/ Robert H. Wozniak
01.04.2007
Supplement to January 7-13
Wozniak on Baldwin (full interview)
11.30.2006
December 4-10
Psych's Nobel prizes w/ Ludy T. Benjamin Jr.
11.24.2006
November 27-December 3
R. B. Cattell w/ William Tucker
11.18.2006
November 20-26
Wilhelm Wundt w/ David Robinson
11.01.2006
November 6-12
Gordon Allport w/ Ian Nicholson
11.01.2006
November 13-19
Clark Hull w/ Michael Rashotte
10.27.2006
October 30-November 5
Community Mental Centers Act w/ Gerald Grob
10.19.2006
October 23-29
James McConnell w/ Lawrence Stern
10.13.2006
October 16-22
John Dewey w/ John Shook
10.05.2006
October 9-15
Stanley Milgram w/ Thomas Blass
09.28.2006
October 2-8
William James w/ Wayne Viney
09.21.2006
September 25-October 1
James McKeen Cattell w/ Michael Sokal
09.15.2006
September 18-24
B. F. Skinner w/ Alexandra Rutherford
09.07.2006
September 11-17
Phineas Gage w/ Malcolm Macmillan
09.07.2006
September 11-17 Extra!
Macmillan on Gage (full interview)
08.31.2006
September 4-10
David Shakow w/ David Baker
08.22.2006
August 28-September 3
Sigmund Freud w/ Raymond Fancher

What's This Week in the History of Psychology about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

This Week in the History of Psychology episodes:

Shorts: JM Cattell

Shorts: Albert B

Victorian Asylums

Humanistic Psychology

American Psychology Archives

April 15-21

April 8-14

April 1-7

March 25-31

March 18-24

March 11-17

March 4-10

February 25-March 3

February 18-24

February 11-17

February 4-10

January 28-February 3

January 21-27

January 14-20

January 7-13

Supplement to January 7-13

December 4-10

November 27-December 3

November 20-26

November 6-12

November 13-19

October 30-November 5

October 23-29

October 16-22

October 9-15

October 2-8

September 25-October 1

September 18-24

September 11-17

September 11-17 Extra!

September 4-10

August 28-September 3

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