PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES
PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY
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Researched and refuted the variability hypothesis; challenged the innate instinct of motherhood and argued that social roles keep women from achieving.
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First woman in America to receive her PhD under Titchener.
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First to test and show that females are not inferior to males. She found that there is no gender differences in emotional functioning and only a small, insignificant, difference in intellect.
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First female president of the APA.
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Detailed explanation-1: -An early feminist and active member of the Women’s Suffrage Party, Leta Stetter Hollingworth is best known for her landmark contributions to the psychology of women and to education of the gifted, the latter culminating in two books, Gifted Children (1926) and Children Above IQ 180 (1942).
Detailed explanation-2: -The variability hypothesis states that men exhibit greater variation than women on both physical and psychological traits. Hollingworth decided to disprove this hypothesis with empirical research. Her findings suggested that if there was a difference in variability, it would have favored women.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dr Hollingworth also developed child centred therapy and nurtured her student Carl Rogers to further develop a Humanistic Psychology.