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September 16

Page history last edited by Chris Koch 5 years, 6 months ago

1885 

 Karen Horney was born.  Horney's neo-Freudian personality theory emphasized the role of childhood strategies for the reduction of basic anxiety as a precursor to adult neurosis.  She promoted feminist goals in analytic theory as well as in the larger society.  Horney founded the American Institute for Psychoanalysis (1941).  Her books The Neurotic Personality of Our Time (1937) and New Ways in Psychoanalysis (1939) were major statements of her work.

1917 

 Jane D. Hildreth was born.  Hildreth was a member of the first professional staff hired by the APA  and served continuously from 1950 until her retirement in 1988, when her title was Director of Membership and Records.  She was a legendary source of information about the evolution of the APA and its procedures, both formal and informal.

1920 

 Carlos Albizu-Miranda was born.  Albizu-Miranda received the American Psychological Foundation Award for the Development of Psychology Education in Puerto Rico in 1980.  He helped found the Instituto Psicologico de Puerto Rico, later renamed the Caribbean Center for Advanced Studies.  His interests were in clinical psychology, social class, and test performance.
1931 Gerald "Jerry" Goldstein was born. Goldstein earned his PhD from the University of Kansas under Martin Scheerer in 1962 and completed his postgraduate workshops under Ralph M. Reitan at the University of Indiana from 1965 to 1968. He would later serve as the president of the APA Society of Clinical Neuropsychology (1989), National Academy of Neuropsychology (1991), and International Neuropsychological Society (1995). Goldstein received the Veterans Affairs Service Award for 60 years of service. (Norton, Allen, and Puente, 2018)

1940 

 President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Service Act.  The Army General Classification Test (AGCT) had been devised by prestigious experts in testing and awaited the first draftees.  Carl C. Brigham, Henry C. Garrett, Carrol L. Shartle, Louis L. Thurstone, and Walter Van Dyke Bingham (chair) were the civilian members of the AGCT committee, created in April, 1940.

1947 

 The first forms of Wilfred S. Miller's Miller Analogies Test, Graduate Level were published.  This measure of academic achievement continues to be used to evaluate applicants to graduate programs.

1957 

 The antipsychotic drug Vesprin (triflupromazine; Squibb) was approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  Triflupromazine is one of the phenothiazines and may work by blocking dopamine receptors in the brain.

1963 

 The state of Alabama approved its psychologist licensure law.  The law became effective on October 1, 1963.

1964 

 The Gerbrands Corporation, manufacturer of experimental psychology laboratory equipment, was incorporated.
1970 Wilfrid J. Dixon's BMD Manual (2nd ed.) was published.  BMD was one of the first comprehensive statistical packages for the computer.
1983 Paul Ekman, Robert Levenson, and Wallace Friesen's article "Autonomic Nervous System Activity Distinguishes Among Emotions" was published in Science. The article was widely cited in psychology texts.
1991 George A. Miller was awarded the National Medal of Science by President George Bush.  The award recognized Miller's achievements in research on thought, language, and memory.

 

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