PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES
PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY
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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 woman in America to receive her PhD under Titchener.
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First female president of the APA.
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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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Detailed explanation-1: -She became Titchener’s first doctoral student and, in 1894, the first female in the United States to be awarded a Ph. D. in psychology. Washburn subsequently taught at several colleges but spent the bulk of her career as a psychology professor at Vassar College .
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1892 she entered Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, where she studied under Edward Bradford Titchener, and she received a Ph. D. in psychology in 1894. For six years she was professor of psychology, philosophy, and ethics at Wells College, Aurora, New York.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mary Whiton Calkins: 1905 Mary Whiton Calkins was the 14th president of APA and the first woman to serve in that office.
Detailed explanation-4: -Through her scholarly research, she helped to develop the field as both a science and a profession. Washburn focused much of her research on animal behavior and cognition. She hoped to prove that mental events are just as legitimate and worthy of study as other behavioral events.