AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
First woman to “officially” receive a Ph.D. in Psychology and second female to become president of the APA.
A
Margaret F. Washburn
B
Mary Whiton Calkins
C
Dorothea Dix
D
Rosalie Rayner
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Margaret Floy Washburn was the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in American psychology (1894) and the second woman, after Mary Whiton Calkins, to serve as APA President. Ironically, Calkins earned her doctorate at Harvard in 1894, but the university trustees refused to grant her the degree.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mary Whiton Calkins: 1905 Mary Whiton Calkins was the 14th president of APA and the first woman to serve in that office.

Detailed explanation-3: -For a woman of science in the 1900s, Margaret Washburn contributed a lot to the field of psychology. She wrote many publications including The Animal Mind. She was the first female to receive a PhD.

Detailed explanation-4: -Washburn was an expert on animal behavior as well as sensation and perception. She authored multiple editions of one of the earliest and most successful textbooks in comparative psychology, The Animal Mind. She also wrote a book on her motor theory, Movement and Mental Imagery.

Detailed explanation-5: -Margaret Floy Washburn, (born July 25, 1871, New York, N.Y., U.S.-died Oct. 29, 1939, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), American psychologist whose work at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie made it a leading institution in undergraduate psychological research and education. Washburn graduated from Vassar College in 1891.

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