Suggestions toward a Laboratory Course in Comparative Psychology

Kline, Linus W.

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“…This outcome led him to infer that neither sight nor smell were important for learning, but most probably touch and kinesthesis were the keys to a rat's ability to run through a maze. Small's device [26], the shape of which was designed to simulate, as far as possible, the rat's normal underground tunnelling environment [25], measured 6 ft × 8 ft and was adjusted to a rectangular pattern ( Figure 5) [27]. It was constructed would "play by the way, strolling nonchalantly into the blind alleys" [27] but then making a quick dash to the goal box.…”

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At the Beginning of Learning Studies There Was the Maze

Traetta¹

2020

OJMP

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A generally forgotten means of observing the developmental stages of scientific psychology is the study of maze devices. Considered in ancient times as a symbol of the process of moving in the direction of knowledge, the labyrinth, or maze, was at the centre of psychologists' attention from the end of the 19 th century. The current paper aims to reconstruct the history of the early years of maze learning, starting from the original interests of the experimenters in brain physiology or in mental evolution, and to examine how the experiments they designed continued to be important in the general theory of learning throughout the 20 th century: maze studies helped uncover general principles about learning that can be applied to many species, including humans. At the beginning of the 21 st century the question has become: what parts of the brain are used for spatial learning and memory, as shown by the Morris water maze, which is very popular in studies of behavioural neuroscience.

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Section: Puzzle Boxes Vs Mazesmentioning

confidence: 99%

At the Beginning of Learning Studies There Was the Maze

Traetta¹

2020

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“…The Abramson 2015b article describes several ways in which a professor can stimulate interest in comparative psychology. In addition to these articles, there are others that discuss the importance of comparative psychology for a liberal arts education (White, 2007) and activities in early comparative courses (Kline, 1899). Two exercises that interest students is a writing exercise where students contact comparative psychologists (Abramson & Hershey, 1999) and another where comparative psychologists are turned into official United States postage stamps (Abramson & Long, 2012).…”

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Let Us Bring Comparative Psychology Back

Abramson¹

2018

IJCP

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This article serves as the introduction to the special issue “The State of Comparative Psychology Today” for the International Journal of Comparative Psychology. Following opening comments, citations are provided in several areas all with the goal of stimulating students and professionals to help return comparative psychology to a prominent place in psychology. The material can be used as part of a reading list for a course in comparative psychology or as independent readings. It can also be used to shape a reasoned argument why comparative psychology should become a central part of a student’s training in psychology. Sections include books, citations on the history of comparative psychology, general issues related to comparative, teaching, and ancillary material such as websites, journals, videos and a free app for android phones that teaches students how to observe behavior

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“…As for psychology, descriptions of physical laboratories already in existence (Krohn, ; Sanford, ; Martin, ), reviews of their results (Jastrow, , , ; Sanford, ; Kline, ) and “practical suggestions” for the construction of new ones (Sanford, ; Titchener, ) appear frequently the pages of the early American Journal of Psychology ( AJP ). By the end of 1890, there were so‐called psychology laboratories at 10 universities in North America, and by 1900, 32 more psychology laboratories had been founded in the United States, many of them established by students of Wundt or of G. Stanley Hall, who was himself one of Wundt's first American students .…”

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‘Laboratory Talk’ in U.S. Sociology, 1890–1930: The Performance of Scientific Legitimacy

Owens¹

2014

J History Behavioral Science

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This paper examines one aspect of early twentieth century debates over the meaning of scientific methodology and epistemology within the social sciences: the tendency of sociologists to invoke "laboratory" as a multivalent concept and in reference to diverse institutions and sites of exploration. The aspiration to designate or create laboratories as spaces of sociological knowledge production was broadly unifying in early American sociology (1890-1930), even though there was no general agreement about what "laboratory" meant, nor any explicit acknowledgment of that lack of consensus. The persistence of laboratory talk in sociology over decades reflects the power of "laboratory" as a productively ambiguous, legitimizing ideal for sociologists aspiring to make their discipline rigorously scientific.

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Suggestions toward a Laboratory Course in Comparative Psychology

Cited by 20 publications

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At the Beginning of Learning Studies There Was the Maze

At the Beginning of Learning Studies There Was the Maze

Let Us Bring Comparative Psychology Back

‘Laboratory Talk’ in U.S. Sociology, 1890–1930: The Performance of Scientific Legitimacy

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