From Bottle-Fed Chimp to Bottlenose Dolphin: A Contemporary Appraisal of Winthrop Kellogg

Benjamin, Ludy T.; Bruce, Darryl

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“…But nothing existed in the language authorizing NSF that called for support of the behavioral and social sciences. Psychologists were eligible for funding from NSF from the outset-in fact, comparative psychologist Winthrop Kellogg received one of the earliest grants in 1950 for his work on sonar in bottlenose dolphins (Benjamin & Bruce, 1982). But in reality, psychologists fared poorly in competition with their colleagues from the natural sciences.…”

Section: The Stigma Of Psychology As Sciencementioning

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Psychology and the National Medal of Science.

Lowman¹,

Benjamin²

2012

American Psychologist

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When Congress created the National Medal of Science in 1959 to be awarded by the president of the United States, psychology was not among the eligible sciences. A concerted lobbying effort in the late 1970s changed that situation, adding social and behavioral sciences to the listing of eligible disciplines. This article describes how the award program was created with more restricted eligibility and the behind-the-scenes actions that led to eligibility being broadened, noting particularly the efforts of one very prominent psychologist who was angry about the exclusion of his science.

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Section: The Stigma Of Psychology As Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Psychology and the National Medal of Science.

Lowman¹,

Benjamin²

2012

American Psychologist

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“…Lucien Hynes Warner (1900Warner ( -1963 and Thomas N. Jenkins were associates of Warden who received doctorates from Columbia in 1927. Henry Wieghorst Nissen (1901-1958 (Benjamin & Bruce, 1982). Donald Olding Hebb (1904Hebb ( -1985, under Lashley's guidance, received a doctoral degree from Harvard in 1936.…”

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“…Winthrop Niles Kellogg (1898–1972) was another Columbia doctoral graduate of 1929. He worked at Indiana University and Florida State University on such problems as comparative sensory function, learning, and communication in chimpanzees (Benjamin & Bruce, 1982).…”

Section: Comparative Psychology Since World War Imentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Schulkin (1989) noted the extent to which Richter's biological approach was counter to the dominant view of his time. During Kellogg's lifetime, he was better known for his learning work because his research in comparative psychology and animal behavior took him out of the mainstream of American animal psychology—“indeed [it] may even have diminished his eminence in the eyes of American psychologists” (Benjamin & Bruce, 1982, p. 478).…”

Section: Comparative Psychology Since World War Imentioning

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Triumph and tribulation in the history of American comparative psychology.

Dewsbury¹

1992

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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The accomplishments of the last 100 years of American comparative psychology have been exemplary. However, throughout this time the status of comparative psychology has been ambiguous. It has been the study of nonhumans in a science of human behavior and mind and thus peripheral to the main endeavor. The need for special resources, unique problems caused by work with animals, and frequent problems of job availability affected the development of the field. The accomplishments of comparative psychology have been achieved in spite of a substantial and continuous loss of young scientists initially attracted to the field but unable to sustain careers in comparative psychology. The tragedy of comparative psychology is that so many psychologists began their careers in animal research and later moved to other fields, especially educational psychology. The "miracle" is that so much was accomplished.Editor's note. This article was solicited (but also subjected to the standard reviewing process) and appears as the lead article in this first 1992 issue of the Journal of Comparative Psychology (Vol. 106) to commemorate the Centennial Celebration of the American Psychological Association.

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“…The tragedy of comparative psychology was that most of the first cadre of comparative psychologists left the field; only a few remained (see Dewsbury, 1992) The work of these psychologists was generally com-patible with Burghardt's five characteristics of the ethological attitude (see also Benjamin & Bruce, 1982). From Kline and Small to Beach and Lehrman, comparative psychologists studied behavior that was meaningful to the animal.…”

Section: Comparative Psychology After World Warmentioning

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Comparative psychology and ethology: A reassessment.

Dewsbury¹

1992

American Psychologist

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According to the received view of the history of ethology and comparative psychology, ethology developed as the study of insects, fish, and birds in the field and comparative psychology as the study of rats learning mazes in the laboratory; there was little contact between them throughout the century. This view does not withstand close analysis. Throughout the century, comparative psychology, as differentiated from other approaches within animal psychology, has been closer to the ethological approach than generally has been acknowledged. 1 There have been repeated contacts and mutual influences. Although different in some respects, comparative psychology and ethology share many characteristics and much of their histories.

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From Bottle-Fed Chimp to Bottlenose Dolphin: A Contemporary Appraisal of Winthrop Kellogg

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Psychology and the National Medal of Science.

Psychology and the National Medal of Science.

Triumph and tribulation in the history of American comparative psychology.

Comparative psychology and ethology: A reassessment.

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