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Greta Munger is Professor of Psychology at Davidson College whose works include The History of Psychology: Fundamental Questions. Dave Munger is co-founder and editor of ResearchBlogging.org and a columnist on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. And yes, he is married to Greta.
May 30, 2008
Category: Casual Fridays
A few weeks ago, Greta got a new iPod. I was, naturally, interested to see how it worked since it was supposed to be the latest technology, but Greta would hardly let me touch it: "It's mine, and I want...
Posted by Dave Munger at 2:30 PM • 55 Comments •
May 29, 2008
Category: Research
Gestalt theory hit the psychology world by storm in the 1920s, and the Gestalt school's unquestioned leader (though probably not the originator of the concept) was Max Wertheimer. While many people have an intuitive understanding of the concept of "gestalt" as the essence or overall meaning of something, they may not be as aware of the Gestalt school's principles, which were laid down by Wertheimer and others in very specific and concrete ways.
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:44 PM • 6 Comments •
May 28, 2008
Category: Research
Today we consider the work of Millicent Washburn Shinn, one of the first women admitted to the University of California, Berkeley (in 1874), and the first to earn a Ph.D. there. In 1890, her niece Ruth was born, and Shinn spent hours carefully observing the child's every behavior. This "large mass of data" became the basis for a book that was welcomed by the scholars of the day, The Biography of a Baby, which, while not the first of its kind, certainly was one of the most thorough scientific accounts of a baby's cognitive and physical development in its time.
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:03 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: News
The biweekly neuroscience / psychology carnival Encephalon is now live over at the Neurocritic. There are tons of great posts but one of my favorites has to be this one: Would you vaccinate your kids against drugs?...
Posted by Dave Munger at 6:19 AM • 0 Comments •
May 27, 2008
Category: Research
Inspired by this post, we've decided to devote a week to the analysis of studies from the history of psychology. Today's post discusses a small fraction of the work done by Hermann Ebbinghaus, a pioneer in the study of memory....
Posted by Dave Munger at 3:45 PM • 5 Comments •
May 24, 2008
Category: News
Quick, solve this problem 3 + 5 * 7 = ? If you still recall high school algebra, you'll remember that you should be doing the multiplication problem first. So the answer would be 35 + 3, or 38. But...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:19 PM • 12 Comments •
Category: News
Negative stereotypes about Blacks in the U.S. have declined dramatically since the 1930s -- practically no White person to will say that Blacks are lazy, or superstitious, or many other stereotypes, when these views were common 80 years ago. Yet...
Posted by Dave Munger at 1:15 PM • 26 Comments •
May 23, 2008
Category: News
Just a few quick notes about Michael Frese's talk, "Learning from Errors by Individuals and Organizations." Frese gives a rule: "You make about 3-4 errors per hour no matter what you're doing." If errors are so ubiquitous, maybe it makes...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:51 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: News
This morning I attended a session on the Science of Learning, and heard a bunch of great talks. I was especially impressed by "There's Nothing so Practical as a Good Theory," by Robert Seigler. Siegler discussed his work with children's...
Posted by Dave Munger at 12:49 PM • 2 Comments •
May 22, 2008
Category: News
As I write this, Greta and I are on the plane to Chicago, to attend this year's Association for Psychological Science convention. We'll be participating in a symposium on Sunday, talking about Cognitive Daily and ResearchBlogging.org, but until then, we'll...
Posted by Dave Munger at 7:11 PM • 3 Comments •
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