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History of Psychology, 4/e
David Hothersall, Ohio State University

Functionalism at the University of Chicago and Columbia University

Web Links


Dewey’s Reflex Arc Concept
(http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Dewey/reflex.htm)

Read the article that started Functionalism: Dewey’s Reflex Arc Concept (1896).
University of Chicago’s Lab School
(http://www.ucls.uchicago.edu/)

Website for University of Chicago’s Lab School, includes history and photo archive
Dewey Studies
(http://www.siu.edu/~deweyctr/)

The Center for Dewey Studies is a program at Southern Illinois University.
Study of Education and Culture
(http://cuip.uchicago.edu/jds/)

University of Chicago’s John Dewey Society for the Study of Education and Culture
John Dewey Project on Progressive Education
(http://www.uvm.edu/~dewey/)

The University of Vermont’s John Dewey Project on Progressive Education
Jane Addams’ Hull House
(http://www.hullhouse.org/website/)

Learn more about Jane Addams’ Hull House.
Hull House Museum
(http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html)

Website for the Hull House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago
London’s Toynbee Hall
(http://www.toynbeehall.org.uk/)

London’s Toynbee Hall served as a model for Hull House.
Dewey Decimal System
(http://www.oclc.org/dewey/about/biography.htm)

No, John Dewey did not invent the Dewey Decimal System. But Melville Dewey did.
George Santayana
(http://members.aol.com/santayana/)

Learn more about the philosopher George Santayana.
Dewey's Biography
(http://www.virtualvermont.com/history/jdewey.html)

Angell Biography

Both Dewey and Angell have biographies at Virtual Vermont.

J.R.Angell’s Psychology
(http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~lward/angell/Angell_1906/Angell_1906_00.html)

The full text of J.R.Angell’s Psychology (1906)
The Province of Functional Psychology
(http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Angell/functional.htm)

Read Angell’s (1906) APA address, “The Province of Functional Psychology.”
Woodworth's Autobiography
(http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Woodworth/murchison.htm)

Although he lived until 1962, Woodworth wrote his autobiography in 1930.
Boston Tea Party
(http://www.intandem.com/NewPrideSite/MD/Lesson18/Session.html)

Robert Sessions’ account of the Boston Tea Party
Transfer of Training
(http://www.arl.org/training/ilcso/transfer.html)

Ensure the Transfer of Training

Transfer of training is still advocated in many workplaces, such as these.

Transfer of training
(http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Thorndike/Transfer/transfer1.htm)

Thorndike and Woodworth’s (1901) paper on transfer of training
Shell Chock During WWI
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/shellshock_01.shtml)

BBC page about Shell chock during WWI. No mention of Woodworth
Why Babe Ruth is Greatest Home-Run Hitter
(http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Fullerton/)

Text and illustrations of Fullerton’s “Why Babe Ruth is Greatest Home-Run Hitter”
Introduction to the Science and Philosophy of Mental Imgery
(http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/nthomas/mipia.htm)

Interesting “Introduction to the Science and Philosophy of Mental Imgery”
Thorndike’s life and career
(http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Thorndike.htm)

Links to information about several aspects of Thorndike’s life and career
Thorndike’s Influential "Animal Intelligence"
(http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Thorndike/Animal/)

Full text of Thorndike’s (1911) influential Animal Intelligence
Contribution of Psychology to Education
(http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Thorndike/education.htm)

Thorndike’s (1910) The Contribution of Psychology to Education
Thorndike’s connectionism and three laws
(http://tip.psychology.org/thorn.html)

Brief summary of Thorndike’s connectionism and three laws