PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES
PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY
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First female president of APA
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First woman author of a psychology book
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First woman to receive a Ph. D. in psychology
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Wife of G. Stanley Hall
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mary Whiton Calkins was the 14th President of APA and the first woman to serve in that office.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Among her major contributions to psychology are the invention of the paired association technique and her work in self-psychology. Calkins believed that the conscious self was the primary focus of psychology.
Detailed explanation-4: -Her Story. Mary Whiton Calkins was among the very first generation of American psychologists. In 1905 she served as the first female President of the American Psychological Association and in 1908 was ranked twelfth on a 1908 list of the top 50 psychologists in the country.
Detailed explanation-5: -Who is Mary Whiton Calkins ? She was the first woman to become president of the American Psychological Association .