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The 1980s. In 1979 a hitherto little noticed former minister of education, who had become leader of the Conservative party after Edward Heath in 1975, led the party to general election victory. Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to be British ... |
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The impact of new technology on psychological research (1900-2000). The technology available for psychological research can have an important impact on the type of research undertaken, and the questions posed. For instance: 1975: Development of Beta... |
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Social change. 1. The Post-War period (1945 - 1959) Post-War society, particularly in Europe and the US, saw a number of significant changes that influenced the opportunities for psychologists, and the focus of psychology. The formation of the NHS ... |
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Anti-psychiatry movement (1960 - 1975). The anti-psychiatry movement developed from criticisms of the medical model of mental illness, best exemplified by Thomas Szasz's 'Myth of Mental Illness' (first published in 1961). According to Szasz, a medic... |
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Bristol. Very frequently in scientific work a particular department, centre or place becomes pivotal –associated with an important transition in thinking or with exciting new developments and breakthroughs. Such prominence can be quite transient, so... |
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The 'cognitive revolution', and the decline of behaviourism (1956-1967). The shift within psychology from an emphasis on observable behaviour to mental processes occurred in the 1950s and 1960s. For the first half of the twentieth century, psycholog... |
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The Cold War (1945-1991). At its height in the 1950s, the Cold War greatly influenced not only the types of research funded for psychologists, but also the 'mindset' of a whole generation reared on fears of nuclear attack. The McCarthyite witchhunts... |
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Post-modernism and French social theory (1974 to present day). During the 1970s and early 1980s, new intellectual influences such as the writings of French philosophers and social theorists Jean-François Lyotard, Michel Foucault, Roland Barthès and ... |
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19th-century society (1840-1900). Late 19th-century society inevitably influenced the outlooks of many early psychologists. In an era dominated in the UK by Queen Victoria, it is perhaps not surprising that nineteenth century society is seen as stri... |
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Own family. Although a direct link between a figure's achievements and their own family and/or upbringing can only be identified for a relatively small number of our people on EPoCH, of course, our upbringing and family influence us all in some manne... |
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World War I (1914 - 1918). Psychology was first used widely in the First World War in 1917, when mass psychometric testing was carried out by the US Army. Psychologists also studied 'shell shock' or war neuroses (later recognised as Post Traumatic S... |
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World War II (1939-1945). The Second World War had two main effects on the development of psychology. Firstly, a diaspora of Jewish intellectuals from Europe arrived in Great Britain and the United States, and secondly, psychological research was fun... |
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A new experience or meeting. For some of our figures on EPoCH, a new experience, often in the form of fieldwork in a new environment, proved to be a crucial moment in their development. For instance, Abraham Maslow began his academic career investiga... |
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Own illness. For some of the figures on EPoCH, a period of illness provided an opportunity to experience at first hand a subject they then went on to study, but also provided a time to begin thinking about the nature of psychology, to travel as part ... |
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The 1960s spawned innumerable new social, political and religious movements. After the austerity of the post-Second World War period there was an economic boom in the West. The decade opened as South Africa left the Commonwealth with the then Prime... |
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USSR (1917-1964). Following the revolutions of 1917, the USSR was, for a short time, a strong influence on the thinking and imagination of many contemporary Western intellectuals. However, following the death of Lenin, and with Stalin leading the co... |
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Anti-trait movement (1968). The anti-trait movement was launched by Mischel in 1968 in his book Personality and Assessment. According to Mischel, trait measures of personality showed little consistency across either settings or over time, and were o... |
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New legislation. Just as psychological research responds to social changes, so it also responds to new legislation. Examples include changes to legislation on health and safety, on discrimination in training and selection, and on treatment of, and f... |
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The nature-nurture debate (1955 – present day). Between the mid 1950s and the early 1980s one of the main debates that dominated psychology was nature-nurture. The crux of the nature-nurture debate was the degree to which human attributes, particula... |
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Own travel. Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. Miriam Beard. It is often said that travel broadens the mind, but it can also influence the development of psych... |
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The Tavistock clinic (1920-the present). Dr. Hugh Crichton-Miller set up the Tavistock Clinic, London, in 1920, in response to a need for psychological help for people affected by the First World War. From that time to the present, the Clinic has aim... |