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A history of psychology in autobiography volume III.Frederic Charles Bartlett.

A history of psychology in autobiography volume III.: Frederic Charles Bartlett. The first book on psychology that I ever read was Stout's Manual. From this it may be gathered that my way into the science was by the philosophy of it. Three years after my introduction to psychology, and with a very predominant philosophical bias in my outlook upon life, I came up to St. John's College in the University of Cambridge. Apparently a psychologist must have a descriptive label if people are to take much notice of him. This puts me in some difficulty, for, if I am to say what sort of a psychologist I am, I think I can say only that I am a Cambridge psychologist. Experimental psychology in Cambridge began in the physiological laboratory and it came back to its final home in the most intimate connection with the physiological laboratory. Laboratory psychology as it exists in Cambridge today is almost wholly the work of two men: of the late W. H. R. Rivers and C. S. Myers, and particularly of Myers. I would like to regard myself simply as a student of Rivers and Myers. They, together with their mutual friend, Sir Henry Head, have influenced my orientation in the subject more profoundly than any others. I attempt to describe that orientation as definitely as I can. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A history of psychology in autobiography volume III.Frederic Charles Bartlett.

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Clark University Press
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Copyright © 1936 American Psychological Association
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39 –52
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10.1037/11247-002
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The first book on psychology that I ever read was Stout's Manual. From this it may be gathered that my way into the science was by the philosophy of it. Three years after my introduction to psychology, and with a very predominant philosophical bias in my outlook upon life, I came up to St. John's College in the University of Cambridge. Apparently a psychologist must have a descriptive label if people are to take much notice of him. This puts me in some difficulty, for, if I am to say what sort of a psychologist I am, I think I can say only that I am a Cambridge psychologist. Experimental psychology in Cambridge began in the physiological laboratory and it came back to its final home in the most intimate connection with the physiological laboratory. Laboratory psychology as it exists in Cambridge today is almost wholly the work of two men: of the late W. H. R. Rivers and C. S. Myers, and particularly of Myers. I would like to regard myself simply as a student of Rivers and Myers. They, together with their mutual friend, Sir Henry Head, have influenced my orientation in the subject more profoundly than any others. I attempt to describe that orientation as definitely as I can. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Dec 11, 2006

Keywords: Frederic Charles Bartlett; experimental psychology; history; autobiography; professional orientation

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