PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES
SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY
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Question
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Who was denied the claim to being psychology’s first female psychology Ph.D.?
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Rene Descartes
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Mary Whiton Calkins
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Rosalie Rayner
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Margaret Floy Washburn
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1903, Calkins was the twelfth in a listing of fifty psychologists with the most merit, chosen by her peers. Calkins was refused a Ph. D. by Harvard University because of her gender.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although she earned her PhD at Harvard under William James, Calkins was refused the degree by the Harvard Corporation (who continues to refuse to grant the degree posthumously) on the grounds that Harvard did not accept women.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mary Whiton Calkins was a late 19th and early 20th century psychologist and philosopher who introduced the field of self psychology. She was the first woman to become president of the American Psychological Association.
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