On 2012-06-07, at 10:24 AM, Michael Palij wrote: > | Munsterberg had been a vocal critic of child study in numerous > |public addresses in the mid-1890s, adding his voice to other > |colleagues who were critical (a) of the questionnaire (“syllabus”) > |method of data collection (see Baldwin, 1898), (b) of the use of > |teachers as data collectors who were neither well-trained for the > |task nor objective with regard to the children they were assessing, > |and (c) of the general lack of a systematic strategy or theory > |guiding child study research, that is, of an approach that encouraged > |the studying of anything from children’s ideas about Santa > |Claus to the nature of tickling, with little or no regard for why such > |information might be important. > > Benjamin, L. T. (2006). Hugo Münsterbergs attack on the application > of scientific psychology. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91(2), 414-425. > doi:10.1037/0021-9010.91.2.414 >
Thanks for all this Mike. Looks like a pretty straightforward experimental psych course, for its day. The irony with Münsterberg is, of course, that not long after his outburst in 1898, he became one of applied psychology's greatest promoters, writing on books on psychotherapy, eye-witness testimony, and industrial psych, among other topics. Regards, Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18236 or send a blank email to leave-18236-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
