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Jun 18, 2024 · William McDougall was a British-born U.S. psychologist influential in establishing experimental and physiological psychology and author of An Introduction to Social Psychology (1908; 30th ed. 1960), which did much to stimulate widespread study of the basis of social behaviour.
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1 day ago · This year witnessed the publication of two English-language textbooks by William McDougall and Edward Ross , both entitled Social Psychology. Neither text had a lasting impact on the field. McDougall’s volume centered on his theory of instincts and Ross’s tome took a basically sociological approach. Both texts espoused blatant racism.
6 days ago · Outline of Abnormal Psychology by William Mcdougall. Publication date 1926 Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor
3 days ago · Under the guidance of psychologist William McDougall, and with the help of others in the department—including psychologists Karl Zener, Joseph B. Rhine, and Louisa E. Rhine—laboratory ESP experiments using volunteer subjects from the undergraduate student body began.
3 days ago · 1911 – William McDougall, founder of Hormic Psychology published Body and Mind: A History and Defence of Animism, claiming that there is an animating principle in Nature and that the mind guides evolution.
Jun 13, 2024 · Early writers (e.g., William McDougall, a psychologist) emphasized instinctive roots of social behaviour. Later research and writing that tended to stress learning theory emphasized the influence of environmental factors in social behaviour.
Jun 21, 2024 · The British psychologist William McDougall in his work The Group Mind(1920) researched the dynamics of groups of various sizes and degrees of organization.
