Unit 5: Applied Psychology- Moving Toward a Practical Psychology Chat until class starts

Unit 5 Assignments Reading: –Read pages (you have already read about William James) –Pages in Chapter 7 –All of Chapter 8 in your text, A History of Modern Psychology. Seminar: Attend the seminar or complete the option 2 assignment Discussion: Answer the two discussion questions and provide 2 responses to other student posts Discussion: Answer the two discussion questions and provide 2 responses to student posts

American Zeitgeist in early 20 th century

Social Darwinism and America Herbert Spencer ( ) Believed that human behavior and social institutions could be explained by evolution Everything should operate freely and fittest survive Synthetic philosophy – applied evolutionary theory to human knowledge and experience Machines and evolution John D. Rockefeller’s thoughts on evolution

Applied Psychology & Functionalism Hall (1912) “We need a psychology that is usable” (as cited in Schultz & Schultz, 2008, p. 222). Psychology was applied to American schools, factories, mental health centers, advertising agencies, etc. Since American universities did not take psychology seriously, psychologists applied concepts to real world problems to show its value and make a living.

Mental Testing in the U.S. James Cattell ( ) Trained more graduates students at Columbia than anyone else Started testing programs and developed term “mental test” Binet, Terman & IQ tests Intelligence Testing in the Army Robert W. Yerkes & Army Testing Program during WW1 Women and the Testing Movement Maude Merrill James Psyche Cattell Anne Anastasi and others

Clinical Psychology Movement Lightner Witmer ( ) Professor at University of Pennsylvania Credited for founding clinical psychology Interest in children with learning and behavioral problems which is considered “School Psychology” today Developed clinics to help children overcome learning problems. First course on clinical psychology First journal on clinical psychology called Psychological Clinic Clinical Psychology after Witmer Spread of clinics Influence of Freud, WW2, etc.

Industrial & Forensic Psychology Industrial Psychology Walter Dill Scott and work on advertising and employee selection Impact of WW1 and WW2 Hawthorne effect Women and Industrial-organizational psychology Forensic Psychology Hugo Münsterberg ( ) Contributed to clinical, industrial, and forensic psychology Early eyewitness testimony research Therapeutic approach

References Leahey, T.H. (2004). A history of psychology: Main currents in psychological thought (6 th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Schultz, D.P. & Schultz, S.E. (2008). A history of modern psychology (9 th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.