The Professionalization and Institutionalization of History of Psychology as a Specialty in the United States of America: influences from the History

From a historical-sociological model, the consolidation and professionalization of the History of Psychology is analyzed in the context of the disciplinary emergence of the History of the Behavioral Sciences in the United States. From a historical methodological perspective, the historiographical mo...

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Autor principal: Fierro, Catriel
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/10060
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Sumario:From a historical-sociological model, the consolidation and professionalization of the History of Psychology is analyzed in the context of the disciplinary emergence of the History of the Behavioral Sciences in the United States. From a historical methodological perspective, the historiographical model of Edwin Boring, rooted in experimentalism, is described first. The recensions of the field made around 1960 by Robert Watson and Robert Young are then described. The major professional and institutional developments of the field are summarized, emphasizing the Summer Institutes in the History of Psychology. The weighting of these training developments reveals their centrality to both the professionalization of the field and to the incorporation of extra-disciplinary influences from historiography, sociology and philosophy of science, especially into social or sociological history of psychology. It is concluded that the professionalization was powered largely by these instances and their protagonists.