Freud, yes, was an M.D. According to Hilgard's "Psychology in America" William James first studied art, them Chemistry, then entered medical school at age 22 (in 1864 probably), took a field trip to Brazil with naturalist Louis Agassiz, returned to Harvard and finally got the PhD in 1869. Then depression, which was presumably lifted after reading Renouvier's Deuxieme essai. This was "rational psychology" got James involved in the free will concept - leading to his famous quip "My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will." I remember another to the effect that the first psych lecture he ever head was the one he himself gave at Harvard, but cannot find a source for that one. It would have been difficult for James to study Psychology formally since there were no degrees until the 1870s. Hilgard does say that he attended physiology lectures in Berlin prior during his stay (before his M.D. degree), and it is possible he was exposed so pre-cursors of the Wundt tradition, but that's still not a degree in psych (esp. to James who did not appear to embrace that tradition).
============================================ John W. Kulig Professor of Psychology Plymouth State College Plymouth NH 03264 ============================================ "Push not the river; it will flow of its own accord" - Polish saying. > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:14 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: Things you can do with a psychology degree > > Rick Stevens wrote: > > > Famous people who majored in Psychology > > Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, William James, and Jacques Lacan. > > I believe all of these people had medical degrees. Freud and James for > sure. Jung and Lacan, perhaps someone else can inform us. > Best, > Chris > -- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, Ontario, Canada > M3J 1P3 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: 416-736-5115 ext. 66164 > fax: 416-736-5814 > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > ============================ > . > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
