PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Herbert Butterfield, Evelyn Fox Keller, Thomas Kuhn
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Edwin g. boring (1886 1968) wrote what is considered most influential modern history of psychology: mostly concerned with the growth of the experimental side of psychology. Ideas may be rediscovered but they may be progressively better understood as the years go on: so it"s a bit like a spiral. Thomas kuhn (1924 1996: development of scientific disciplines has not been smooth, seem to develop discontinuously long periods where workers had the same beliefs about everything. Paradigm clashes occur when fundamentally different ways of interpreting the data exist: theories can suggest a different interpretation of the same fact. The theoretical context in which you view the data may determine how that data is seen. One of most important parts was identifying the distortions and biases in psychology: naomi weisstein experimental psychologist who couldn"t get any form of job because she was a woman. She was a founding member of the chicago.
