PSYC 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mary Cover Jones, Gordon Allport, Florence Goodenough
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Women put into psychological fields consistent with gender roles eg children. Inez prosser first african american to get phd in psychology. Laura spelman rockefeller memorial fund - put lots of money into study of child development + parent education. Supervised ruth howard 2nd african american to get phd in psychology. Exposed to social work from dad + love of books led to interest in human psychology. Majored in social work, interested in community planning. Lack of empathy/understanding in from medical staff sub-cultures pushed her to pursue career in psychology. Did therapies with other psychologists + opened clinic with husband. Robert guthrie did interview even the rat was white book, reconstructs psychology from. Group fallacy: belief that group produces something different than the individual. Gordon known for distinction between idiographic + nomothetic, also lexical approach: can capture personality by looking at language.
