Classics
in the History of Psychology An
effort to make the full texts of a large number of historically
significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature
of psychology and allied disciplines available on the World Wide
Web.. The site also contains links
to over 100 relevant works (included in
the list below) posted at
other sites (in italics). Authors-page.
(1906).
Psychology (3rd edition). (George's
Page). [The major textbook on early 20th-century
functionalism.]
Aquinas,
Thomas. (ca. 1270).
Summa theologica. (New Advent).
[The most important philosophical work of the High Middle
Ages. See especially Questions 75-102 of the First Part
("Man").]
Aristotle.
(ca. 350 BC).
Ethics. (Internet Classics Archive
at MIT). [Probably the second most important of "The
Philosopher's" works, from a psychological point of
view.]
(ca. 350 BC). On
dreams. (Internet Classics Archive
at MIT). [A minor work, but none the less interesting
psychologically.]
(ca. 350 BC). On
the soul. (Internet Classics Archive
at MIT).
Augustine of
Hippo.
(ca. 400).
Confessions and Enchiridion.
(Internet Christian Library). [Some of the most important
work by the most influential philosopher of early
Christianity.]
(ca. 400).
Confessions. (New Advent). [One
of the most important works by the most influential philosopher
of early Christianity.]
(ca. 400). On
the trinity (Christian Classics
Ethereal Library, Wheaton College). [See especially Book IX
on the nature of the mind.]
(1832).
The economy of machinery and
manufactures. (McMaster University
Archive for the History of Economic Thought). [The most
important work of the inventor of the Difference Engine and the
Analytical Engine.]
Bacon, Francis.
(1620). Novum
organum. (Philosophie Sommaire,
Académie de Toulouse). [downloadable in
RTF.]
(1660) The
new Atlantis. (Philosophie Sommaire,
Académie de Toulouse). [downloadable in
RTF.]
Bacon, Roger.
(1268).
On experimental science. (Internet
Medieval Sourcebook, Paul Halsall at Fordham U.). [From the
leading experimenter of the Middle Ages.]
(1930). Autobiography
of James Mark Baldwin. In C.
Murchison (Ed.), History of psychology in autobiography (Vol.
1, pp. 1-30). Worcester, MA: Clark University Press. [The
great developmentalist's own summary of his life's
work.]
5, 172-179. [An account of an early
attempt at what we would now call intelligence
testing.]
(1896).
A new factor in evolution. American
Naturalist 30, 441-451, 536-553. (George's Page). [The
source for the "Baldwin effect" in evolutionary
theory.]
Baldwin, James Mark,
Cattell, James McKeen, & Jastrow,
Joseph. (1898). Physical
and mental tests. Psychological
Review,
Bandura, Albert, Ross,
Dorothea, & Ross, Sheila A. (1961).
Transmisssion
of aggressions through imitation of aggressive
models. Journal of Abnormal and Social
Psychology, 63, 575-582. [One of the classic "Bobo Doll"
studies of the imitation by children of aggressive
behavior.]
(1916). New
methods for the diagnosis of the intellectual level of
subnormals. In E. S. Kite (Trans.),
The development of intelligence in children. Vineland, NJ:
Publications of the Training School at Vineland. (Originally
published 1905 in L'Année Psychologique, 12, 191-244.)
[Description of Binet's approach in intelligence testing,
and of the original version of the most influential of all
intelligence tests.]
Introduction
to Binet (1905/1916) by Henry L. Minton.
Commentary
on Binet (1905/1916) and Terman (1916) by Henry L.
Minton.
°C.
George Boeree: "Personality
Theories :"This electronic textbook by
("e-text") includes pages on most of the major personality
theorists.. Table of Contents:
Boring, Edwin G.
(1929). The
psychology of controversy.
Psychological Review, 36, 97-121. [Boring's 1928 APA
Presidential Address about past controversy in
psychology.]
Breland, Keller &
Breland, Marian. (1961).
The misbehavior of organisms. American
Psychologist, 16, 681-684. [Classic critique of the
assumptions underlying radical behaviorism.]
Bruner, Jerome S. &
Goodman, Cecile C. (1947).
Value and need as organizing factors in
perception. Journal of Abnormal and
Social Psychology, 42, 33-44. [Famous "New Look" study in
which impoverished children over-estimate the sizes of
coins.]
Bruner, Jerome S. &
Postman, Leo. (1949).
On the perception of incongruity: A
paradigm. Journal of Personality, 18,
206-223. [Famous "New Look" study in which black hearts on
playing cards were seen as being red.]
(1896a). Association:
An essay analytic and experimental.
Psychological Review Monographs Supplement, 1 (2). [The
origin of the paired associates learning procedure by the first
woman President of the APA.]
(1930). Autobiography
of Mary Whiton Calkins. In C.
Murchison (Ed.), History of psychology in autobiography (Vol.
1, pp. 31-62). Worcester, MA: Clark University Press. [The
first woman APA President's own summary of her life's
work.]
(1888). The
psychological laboratory at Leipsic.
Mind, 13, 37-51. [English-language report on the activities
at Wundt's lab during the 1880s by one who was
there.]
Clark, Mamie
K. [See K.B. Clark & M.K. Clark
(1939, 1940).]
Clifford, W.
K. (1886).
The ethics of belief. (A.J. Burger).
[Prime statement of 19th-century positivism: "It is wrong
everywhere and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient
evidence."]
Creighton, J. E.
(1902). The
purposes of a philosophical
association. Philosophical Review, 11,
219-237. [Inaugural Presidential Address of the American
Philosophical Association.]
(1834).
Elements of phrenology. (The
Brontës and Phrenology, Peter Friesen, Plattsburgh State
University of New York). [Very popoular antebellum American
textbook on phrenology.]
Darwin,
Charles. (1874). The
descent of man. Part One: Descent or
Origin of Man (ch. 1-7). (2nd ed.). Originally published in London
by J. Murray. [Darwin's argument that humans descended from
apes.]
(1637). Discours
de la méthode (in original
French). (ABU: la Bibliothèque Universelle).
(1641).
Meditations on first philosophy.
(Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [Descartes proves
once again the necessity of the human soul. See especially the
Meditation 2.]
1641). Les
meditations (in original French).
(ABU: la Bibliothèque Universelle).
(1649).
Passions of the soul. (Descartes Web
Site, Claremont Graduate University Department of Philosophy,
CA). [On-line English translation incomplete as yet.
Descartes' primary exposition of the human soul; where he
develops his theory mind-body interaction.]
Du Bois, W.E.B.
(1903).
The souls of black folk. (Project
Gutenberg). [From an important early advocate of agitation and
protest to improve the lot of African-Americans. Major opponent of
Booker T. Washinton's "accomodationist" strategy.]
°
Duncker, Karl
(1941).
On Pleasure, Emotion, and Striving:
Originally published in: Philosophical and Phenomenological
Research, 1, (1941/42), pp. 391-430. (The
Gestalt Archive). [From one of the
main figures in Gestalt psychology.]
(1913). Memory:
A contribution to experimental
psychology (Henry A. Ruger &
Clara E. Bussenius, Trans.). Originally published in New York
by Teachers College, Columbia University. (Original German work
Über das Gedächtnis published 1885). [The most
important work on memory in the 19th century; originated the
use of nonsense syllables.]
Introduction
to Ebbinghaus (1885/1913) by Robert H. Wozniak.
ca. 100).
Discourses. (Internet Classics
Archive at MIT). [Introduction to Roman Stoic
thought.]
(ca. 100).
Enchiridion (Handbook). (Internet
Classics Archive at MIT). [Very brief introduction to Roman
Stoicism.]
Euclid.
(ca. 300 BC).
Elements. (David Joyce of Clark U., MA)
[The first treatise on geometry.]
Eysenck, Hans J.
(1957). The
effects of psychotherapy: An
evaluation. Journal of Consulting
Psychology, 16, 319-324. [Classic empirical critique of the
effectiveness of psychotherapy.]
Festinger, Leon &
Carlsmith, James M. (1959).
Cognitive consequences of forced
compliance. Journal of Abnormal and
Social Psychology, 58, 203-210. [Famous empirical confirmation
of Cognitive Dissonance theory, in which subjects reported liking
boring tasks more if they were paid less.]
Fisher, Ronald A.
(1925). Statistical
methods for research workers.
Originally published in London by Oliver and Boyd. [Contains
the first textbook presentation of Analysis of
Variance.]
Franz, Shepherd Ivory.
(1912). New
phrenology. Science, N.S. 35 (No. 896),
321-328. [Important critique of the hypothesis of the
localization of cerebral function.]
Freud,
Sigmund.:
(renewed)
Freud
Resources: Anlink list to f Freud
resources on the web..
(Dutch)
De
Ik-splijting van de man Mozes en de inscheuring in zijn
Ik : een commentaar bij Freuds
Mozeswerk, zijn Ik-splijtingstekst en de Wolfmancasus A
commentary on Freud's work on Moses, his text on the splitting
of the Ego and the case of the Wolf Man. (1913).
The
interpretation of dreams
(3rd ed.). (A. A. Brill, Trans.). Originally
published in New York by Macmillan.(Original German work
published 1900.) [The classic psychoanalytic work on
dreams.]
(1914). The
psychopathology of everyday life.
(A. A. Brill, Trans.). Originally published in London by T.
Fisher Unwin. (Original German work published 1901.) [The
classic psychoanalytic account of the underlying meaning of
slips of the tongue, forgotten names, etc.]
(1910). The
origin and development of
psychoanalysis. American Journal of
Psychology, 21, 181-218. [Freud's lectures at Clark
University; the introduction of psychoanalysis to North
America.]
Introduction
to Freud (1910) by Raymond E. Fancher
(1917).
The history of the psychoanalytic
movement (A. A. Brill, Trans.).
Originally published in New York by the Nervous and Mental
Disease Pub. Co. (Original German work published 1914.)
[Freud's own account of the development of the institutions
of psychoanalysis, and of his splits with Adler and with
Jung.]
°Conflict, Freud
&Culture : an informative site
from the library of Congres on .1 Formative Years - 2. The
Individual: Therapy and Theory 3. From the Individual to
Society
Fullerton, Hugh
S. (1921). Why
Babe Ruth is greatest home-run hitter.
Popular Science Monthly, 99 (4), 19-21, 110. [Popular article
about Babe Ruth getting worked over in the Columbia University
psychology laboratory.]
Galen.
(ca. 175).
On the natural faculties. (Internet
Classics Archive at MIT). [The state of the art in Ancient
Roman medical knowledge.]
(ca. 175).
On diagnosis from dreams. (Ancient
Medicine/Medicina Antiqua). [The state of the art in
Ancient Roman medical knowledge.]
(1831).
Thoughts on man, his nature, productions, and
discoveries. (Anarchist Archives by
Dana Ward). [Important discussions of mind and body, human
nature, and phrenology by a significant English anarchist and
proto-Romantic (and the father of Mary
Shelly).]
Griffith, Coleman
R. (1921). Some
neglected aspects of a history of
psychology. Psychological Monographs,
30, 17-29. [A call for a history of experimental psychology
from the recognized founder of sports
pysychology.]
(1904). Adolescent
girls and their education. From
Adolescence: Its psychology and its relations to physiology,
anthropology, sociology, sex, crime, religion, and education
(Vol. 2, Chapter 17).
Harlow, Harry
F. (1958). The
nature of love. American Psychologist,
13, 573-685. [Harlow's APA Presidential Address about his
research on the the importance of contact comfort in monkey
infants.]
Hegel,
G.W.F. (1807).
Phenomenology of mind. (J. Carl
Mickelsen of U. Idaho). [The most important treatise of one of
the most important post-Kantian philosophers.]
Henle,
Mary. (1975).
Gestalt psychology and Gestalt therapy.
(The Gestalt Archive). [A repudiation of Fritz Perls' "Gestalt
therapy" by one of the leaders of Gestalt
psychology.]
Hippocrates.
(ca. 400 BC?). Many texts including "On injuries of the head" and
"On the sacred disease"
Internet Classics Archive at MIT.
[State of the art medical thought in Ancient
Greece.]
(1650).
Leviathan. (Secular Web). [The
most important work of the 17th-century's most influential
British philosopher. Argues that human thought and feeling is
nothing but "calculation," 300 years before the invention of
the computer.]
(1650).
Leviathan (Chapters 1-5). .
[From the most important work of the 17th-century's most
influential British philosopher. Argues that human thought and
feeling is nothing but "calculation," 300 years before the
invention of the computer.]
(1739).
A treatise of human nature (Book I).
(Hume Archives at U. Tennessee, Martin). [British
scepticism and empiricism at its finest. Kant said it roused
him from his "dogmatic slumber" to write the Critique of pure
reason.]
(1748).
A enquiry concerning human
understanding. (Hume Archives at U.
Tennessee, Martin). [Famous mainly for the admonition that
any book not containing empirical fact or mathematical
reasoning should be "cast into the flames, for it can contain
nothing but sophistry and illusion."]
(1892). Physiological
psychology. Minutes of the
Twenty-First Annual Convention of the Ontario Teachers'
Association, pp. 86-106. [Review and idealist critique of
the state of scientific psychology in the 1890s by a charter
member of the APA.]
(1895). Psychology
in the University of Toronto.
Psychological Review, 2, 172. [Abstract of paper presented
at the 1894 meeting of the American Psychological
Association.]
(1910). The
significance of suicide.
Philosophical Review, 19, 179-180. [Abstract of paper
presented at the 1901 meeting of the American Philosophical
Association.]
(1922). Evolution
and personality. In Philosophical
essays presented to John Watson (pp. 298-330). Kingston, ON:
Queen's University. [The long-time Toronto philosopher's
major intellectual work.]
James,
William. (1884).
What
is an emotion? Mind, 9, 188-205.
[The major statement of the James-Lange theory of emotion: "I
see a bear, I run, I am afraid."]
(1884). What
is an emotion? Mind, 9, 188-205.
[The major statement of the James-Lange theory of emotion:
"I see a bear, I run, I am afraid."]
Introduction
to James (1890) by Robert H. Wozniak.
(1892). The
stream of consciousness. From
Psychology (chapter XI). Cleveland & New York, World.
[A somewhat shorter account of consciousness than that
found in the full Principles.]
(1904a). Does
consciousness exist? Journal of
Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods, 1, 477-491.
[A later Jamesian account of
consciousness.]
Introduction
to James (1904a, 1904b) by Eugene Taylor & Robert H.
Wozniak.
(1904b). A
world of pure experience. Journal of
Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods, 1, 533-543,
561-570. [James, the radical empiricist.]
Introduction
to James (1904a, 1904b) by Eugene Taylor & Robert H.
Wozniak.
(1907). The
energies of men. Science, N.S. 25
(No. 635), 321-332. [James' Presidential Address to the
American Philosophical Association.]
William James
Page
American philosopher and
psychologist (1842-1910). : (Emory
University):
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James Bookstore
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Many different texts including "The Ph.D.
octopus" and "Pluralism, pragmatism, and instrumental truth":
A Stroll with William James by Frank
Pajares of Emory U.
(1897).
The will to believe. (Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [From the most influential
American psychologist/philosopher of the 19th
century.]
(1902).
Varieties of religious experience.
(Against All Reason web site) [From the most influential
American psychologist/philosopher of the 19th
century.]
(1902).
Varieties of religious experience.
(Project Gutenberg) [From the most influential American
psychologist/philosopher of the 19th century.]
(1902).
Varieties of religious experience.
(Psych Web) [From the most influential American
psychologist/philosopher of the 19th century.]
(1904). The
Chicago school. Psychological
Bulletin, 1, 1-5. (George's Page).
Varieties
of religious experience by
William
James Classic in the field of
psychology and religion, first published in printed form in
1902. Digital edition of the Department of psychology of
Georgia Southern University.
Janet, Pierre.
(1930). Autobiography
of Pierre Janet. In C. Murchison (Ed.),
History of psychology in autobiography (Vol. 1, pp. 123-133).
Worcester, MA: Clark University Press. [The great French
psychiatrist's own summary of his life's work.]
(1935). Has
psychology failed? American Scholar,
4, 261-269. [The founder of the Wisconsin psychology
department gives his final evaluations of behaviorism and
psychoanalysis, and proposes a psychology based on evolutionary
theory.]
Introduction
to Jones (1924) by Alexandra Rutherford.
Jung, Carl G.
(1910). The
association method. American Journal
of Psychology, 31, 219-269. [Introduction of Jungian
psychology to North America; Jung's most important empirical
work.]
(1921/1923).
General description of the types.
Chapter 10 of Psychological types (H.G. Bayes, Trans.).
(Original work published 1921) [Key chapter of Jung's major
treatise on personality.]
* The
Jung Page: C.G. Jung, Analytical
Psychology, and Culture. Resources on Jungian psychology,
including articles about the interpretation of fairy
tales.
(1781/1787).
Critique of pure reason (N. Kemp
Smith, trans.). (Kant on the web). [Perhaps the single most
important and influential philosophical work written in the
last 500 years.]
(1781/1787).
Critique of pure reason (J.M.D.
Meiklejohn, trans.). (Björn's Guide to Philosophy).
[For most purposes, it is advisable to use the Kemp Smith
translation instead if it is available.]
KoestlerParapsychology
Unit. This organization at Edinburgh University, funded by the
estate of Arthur Koestler, researches "the capacity attributed to
some individuals to interact with their environment by means other
than the recognised sensory and motor channels" (i.e. ESP,
psychokinesis, out of body experiences and the like). Participate
in online experiments. There is also an online forum, reading
lists and other useful material.
Lange, Carl
Georg. (1885). The
mechanism of the emotions. Trans. by
Benjamin Rand, first appeared in Rand, Benjamin (Ed.)(1912). The
Classical Psychologists (pp. 672-684). [The "other" source of
the James-Lange theory of emotion.]
(1714).
The monadology. (Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [The main metaphysical
treatise from the leading Rationalist of the 18th
century.]
(1714).
The monadology (sec 1-90). .
[From the main metaphysical treatise from the leading
Rationalist of the 18th century.]
(1714). La
monadologie. (ABU: la
Bibliothèque Universelle).
Levy,
D.M. [See N. Miller et al.
(1941).]
° Lewin,
Kurt(1941).
Theory of Regression in Frustration:
Extract from: Frustration and Regression. An Experiment with Young
Children, by Roger Barker, Tamara Dembo, and Kurt Lewin.
(The
Gestalt Archive). [From one of the
founders of Gestalt psychology.]
Malthus, Thomas.
(1798).
An essay on the principle of
population. (McMaster University
Archive for the History of Economic Thought). [One of the most
significant economic texts ever written. The basis of much later
work, including the economic texts of Babbage and
Mill.]
Marx, Karl & Engels,
Friedrich . (1848).
The comunist manifesto. (Project
Gutenberg). [Perhaps the single most influential book of the
19th century.]
Mead, George H.
(1913). The
social self. Journal of Philosophy,
Psychology, and Scientific Methods, 10, 374- 380. [Major
article by the "social behaviorist."]
Meehl, Paul E..
[See Cronbach & Meehl (1955);
MacCorquodale & Meehl (1948).]
Menabrea, Luigi F.
(1843). Sketch
of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage,
Esq. (A.A. Lovelace, Trans.).
Scientific Memoirs, 3, 666-731. (Original work published 1842 in
Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève, No. 82) [The
major account of Babbage's mechanical computer.]
(1848).
Principles of political economy.
(McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic
Thought). [The standard English economic text in the second
half of the 19th century.]
(1930). Autobiography
of C. Lloyd Morgan. In C. Murchison
(Ed.), History of psychology in autobiography (Vol. 2, pp.
237-264). Worcester, MA: Clark University Press.
Moses, William Stainton:
Spirit
Teachings by (HTML at
interlog.com)
° Mueller, Theophil:
(2002)You
are the
Winner:
Did you know that you are an artist? It is proven to you and
you are guided to the highest heights to watch yourself from
above!
(1899). Psychology
and history. Psychological Review,
6, 1-31. [Münsterberg's APA Presidential address about
the epistemological relation between the natural and the
normative sciences. First English discussion of idiographic and
nomothetic methods, later popularized by Gordon
Allport.]
(1908/1925). On
the witness stand. [Attempt to
sell the insights and methods of scientific psychology to the
legal community; foreshadows many of today's issues in forensic
psychology.]
(1913). Psychology
and industrial efficiency.
[Attempt to sell the insights and methods of scientific
psychology to the industry; major early contribution to
industrial/organizational psychology.]
Introduction
to Münsterberg (1913) by Robert H. Wozniak.
Newton,
Isaac. (1687).
Mathematical principles of natural
philosophy. (Andrew Motte, Trans. 1729,
under construction). [Probably the single most important text
in the history of science.]
Nixon, H.
K. (1925).
Popular answers to some psychological
questions. American Journal of
Psychology, 36, 418-423. (David Likely, University of New
Brunswick). [Possibly the first published survey of psychology
students' popular attitudes about psychological topics (e.g.,
telepathy, intelligence, physiognomy).]
(1905).
What pragmatism is. The Monist, 15,
161-181. (Arisbe). [The first salvo in Peirce's attempt to
recover his version pragmatism from James'revisions and
extensions.]
Perls, Hefferline and
Goodman ° From the
First Edition of "Gestalt
Therapy
" (1951): the
introduction.
(1955).
The elaboration of the universe,
from The construction of reality in the child. . [From the
most influential developmental psychologist of the 20th
century.]
°Jean
Piaget
Archives:
University of Geneva. The Foundation fulfills a function made
necessary by the quantitative and qualitative importance of
Piaget's oeuvre. The Archives provide a reading room as well as
the assistance of several psychologists and one librarian to
advise the scientific public during office hours.
Pico della Mirandola,
Giovanni. (1486).
Oration in the dignity of man. (Cosma
Shalizi at Wisconsin U.). [Major statement of Renaissance
humanism.]
Meno.
(Internet Classics Archive at MIT) [The first major
treatise to put forward the claim that knowledge is
innate.]
Republic.
(Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [Plato's
middle-period political theory. See especially Book IV on the
structure of the psyche.]
Republic.
(Internet Classics Archive at MIT). [Plato's middle-period
political theory. See especially Book IV on the structure of
the psyche.]
Republic.
(Project Gutenberg). [Plato's middle-period political
theory. See especially Book IV on the structure of the
psyche.]
Timaeus
(B. Jowett, Trans.) [Plato's description of the origin of
the cosmos; includes his account of the origin and nature of
the psyche.]
Plotinus.
(ca. 260).
The enneads. (Internet Classics Archive
at MIT). [The primary statement of Roman Neoplatonism. See
especially Ennead IV, "On the essence of the
soul."]
Poe, Edward Allan.
(1850). Mesmeric
revelation. [A story about a
session of mesmerism on the patient's deathbed.]
Postman,
Leo. [See Bruner & Postman
(1949).]
Presocratic
Philosophers. (600-400 BC). The
complete text of John Burnet's (1920) translation of all the
fragments of the presocratic
philosopers. (Exploring Plato's
Dialogues, by Anthony F. Beavers, U. Evansville, IN) [See
especially Heraclitus' fragments on the nature of the
psyche.]
Ethel
Puffer. [See Howes, Ethel
Puffer. (1922).]
Quetelet,
Adolphe. (1835/1842).
Treatise on man (Preface). (Pictures of
Health). [From one of the founders of statistical reasoning in
the social sciences.]
Royce,
Josiah. (1902). Recent
logical inquiries and their psychological
bearings. Psychological Review, 9,
105-133. [Royce's APA Presidential Address about the potential
impact of recent development in the philosophy of mathematics for
the psychology of thinking.]
(1905). On
denoting. (Research Institute for
the Humanities, Chinese University of Hong Kong).
(1928).
What is the soul? (Cosma Shalizi at
Wisconsin U.). [From one of the most influential British
philosophers of the 20th century.]
Sanford, Edmund C.
(1891-1893). A
laboratory course in physiological
psychology. American Journal of
Psychology, 4, 141-155, 303-322, 474-490; 5, 390-415, 593-616.
[One of the "standard" psychology course of the
1890s.]
Servant, T.H.E.
:
"The Other Rules"
/ "De
Andere Regels": a
psychological/spiritual selfhelp book written in response to
recent ('97) american publications about the rules for woman
relating to men.
(1911).
Principles of scientific management.
(McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic
Thought). [The founding text on the topic.]
(1911). Principles
of scientific management. (Internet
History of Science Sourcebook, Fordham University). [The
founding text on the topic.]
Terman, Lewis M.
(1916). The
uses of intelligence tests. From The
measurement of intelligence (chapter 1). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
[Major statement of Terman's approach to intelligence
testing.]
Commentary
on Binet (1905/1916) and Terman (1916) by Henry L.
Minton.
(1930). Autobiography
of Lewis M. Terman. In C. Murchison
(Ed.), History of psychology in autobiography (Vol. 2, pp.
297-331). Worcester, MA: Clark University Press. [The great
intelligence tester's own summary of his life's
work.]
Tertullian
(ca. 200). A
treatise on the soul. (Christian
Classics Ethereal Library, Wheaton College). [Earliest
Christian document specifically on the nature of the
soul.]
Thurstone, L. L.
(1934). The
vectors of mind. Psychological Review,
41, 1-32. [Thurstone's extension of Spearman's work on g to a
multi-factorial model of mental abilities.]
(1898b).
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(Ducth) De
Persoonlijke Filosofie van Hugo
Fermont:
Voor wie ook wel eens dieper over zichzelf en het leven
nadenkt...'Waarheid en Weten kun je niet in maar enkel vanuit
jezelf realiseren'.