Testing the limits of sense and science: American experimental psychologists combat spiritualism, 1880–1920.

Coon, Deborah J.

doi:10.1037/0003-066x.47.2.143

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“…But, American psychology also grew from a synthesis of moral philosophy, New Thought, phrenology, boot-strap ideology, and other infl uences, including religion (Coon, 1992;Fuchs, 2000;Fuller, 1982: Pickren, 2000Schmit, 2005;Taves, 1999;Taylor, 1999). All this was melded together under the rubric of science.…”

Section: Indigenization Of Psychology: the United Statesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Indigenization and the history of psychology

Pickren

2009

Psychol Stud

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This article argues for the development of a historical perspective to help understand the process of indigenization in psychology. The indigenization of psychology in both the United States and India is shown to be part of larger social, economic, and political processes. A center and periphery model of knowledge production and praxes is deployed to show how practices of scientifi c imperialism are used to maintain the hegemony of the center. It is argued that historical approaches may be useful to challenge and counter such practices. Finally, the authors call for a polycentric history of psychology that will correspond to the emerging polycentrism exemplifi ed in indigenous psychologies.

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Section: Indigenization Of Psychology: the United Statesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Indigenization and the history of psychology

Pickren

2009

Psychol Stud

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“…Psychological research into the paranormal is as old as psychology itself, with William James, known as the father of North American psychology, being a prominent researcher into the supernatural (Coon, 1992). Regardless of its historic roots however, the progress of paranormal belief research has been slow, hindered mostly by the lack of consensus on the object of the study.…”

Section: Paranormal Beliefs; Defining and Measuring An Elusive Conceptmentioning

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Paranormal Beliefs and Personality Traits in Croatia

Mlačić

Milas

2012

Drustvena istrazivanja

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The goal of this study was to assess the relationship between the Five Factor Model of personality and the belief in the paranormal. Participants (N=307) were students from the University of Zagreb, Croatia. The measures used were the IPIP version of the Five Factor Model questionnaire (Goldberg et al., 2006) along with the Revised Paranormal Belief Scale (Tobacyk, 1988). The factor analysis of the latter yielded three previously unreported paranormal belief dimensions named: General paranormal belief, Traditional religious belief and Rituals and practices. The most significant personality correlations with all three factors were found for Openness, Conscientiousness and Neuroticism, respectively. Results to an extent confirmed previous findings, suggesting that open individuals accept more General paranormal beliefs, while rejecting Traditional religious belief. Conscientiousness displayed an opposite trend being positively related to Traditional religious beliefs and negatively to General paranormal beliefs. Finally, Neuroticism was related to Rituals and practices, i.e. superstitions, divinations and occult control of life outcomes. The relations are however modest ranging from 0.11 to 0.25. Both the novel paranormal belief structure and its significance to personality are discussed within an evolutionary perspective, with guidelines for further research highlighted in the end.

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“…In all industrially advanced countries from around 1880, acknowledged scientists were preoccupied with studying and explaining mental phenomena -whether these were labelled 'psychological', 'psychic' or 'spiritual'. In the United States, William James and others were engaged in intense interactions and conflicts with spiritualism (Coon, 1992). In Germany, Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Theodor Fechner, and Wilhelm Wundt all studied spiritualist phenomena, though their position on these varied fundamentally (Staubermann, 2001).…”

Section: Spiritualism's Quest For Truthmentioning

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Modern templates of happiness: performing spiritualism and psychotechnics in Denmark

Triantafillou

Moreira

2005

History of the Human Sciences

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Inspired by Michel Foucault's notion of subjugated knowledge, this paper elaborates an analytical framework seeking to unsettle the authority of contemporary psychology. This framework focuses on the performative dimension of psychology and other 'psy-regimes', namely the practices and actions that may be undertaken on the basis of these forms of knowledge. We probe this framework by exploring the emergence, utilization and demise of spiritualism (1880s to 1920s) and psychotechnics (1920s to 1960s) in Denmark. On the basis of this framework, we argue that the rise and fall of these psy-regimes may be understood neither in terms of (inadequate) epistemological rigour nor in terms of social repression, but instead as radically contingent events that correlated with particular programs and techniques seeking to promote human happiness and productivity.

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Testing the limits of sense and science: American experimental psychologists combat spiritualism, 1880–1920.

Cited by 106 publications

References 54 publications

Indigenization and the history of psychology

Indigenization and the history of psychology

Paranormal Beliefs and Personality Traits in Croatia

Modern templates of happiness: performing spiritualism and psychotechnics in Denmark

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