User:Kfoche
My name is Kaitlin and I'm a undergraduate at the University of Dayton, editing articles for my History of Psychology class.
Hi Kaitlin, This is Dr. D. I have reviewed, briefly, the interesting articles you have posted to your queue and find these articles very doable: Association for Psychological Science-would be an interesting and important page to update. If you choose this, be sure and meet with me to talk about my memories of its beginnings Color psychology-lots can be done with this, if you like the topic. Some of it will be a bit technical, but it has a long history that is not addressed well in the existing article Affective forecasting-could see a lot to be done to this article in a historical context, such as Freud’s theory
I don't think this article is doable: Word superiority effect-As much as I like this topic in cognition, I’m not sure how far you can go with it; may be too limited.
Iffy: Association Montessori International of the United States ...-I couldn’t find this and although Maria Montessori has relevance to the history of psychology, I would suggest improving her article instead.
You have 3 excellent choices. I suggest that you select one of those three, given my comments, and focus on it for your project. WebFlower1 (talk) 23:56, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
I have decided to focus on the article for "Association for Psychological Science" I found a great article that was published in two parts:
Cautin, R. L. (2009). The founding of the association for psychological science: Part 1. dialectical tensions within organized psychology. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4(3), 211-223. Retrieved from http://pps.sagepub.com/content/4/3/211.full Cautin, R. L. (2009). The founding of the association for psychological science: Part 2. the tipping point and early years. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4(3): 224-235. Retrieved from http://pps.sagepub.com/content/4/3/224.full
and then also I would like to draw from the history information from APS' own website...
“History of APS” Retrieved from http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/about/history-of-aps --Kfoche (talk) 04:25, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
Two more references:
book Pickren, W. E., & Rutherford, A. (2010). A history of modern psychology in context. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
website American Psychological Association. (2012). About APA. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/about/index.aspx 9 Mar 2012.
Common Themes for “Association for Psychological Science” addressed?
promote, protect, and advance the science
publications, yes other things? very little
improve human welfare
no
international aspect
yes
policy-making
no
split from APA
no
Outline
History > Talk about the general history, founders, and such > Also address in detail the split from the APA and all why and how of that > Discuss mission statement
Membership > How does one become a member > Discuss progression to current membership numbers > Address APS Student Caucus > Awards?
Annual Convention > History of including links to future ones
Publications > expand paragraphs on separate journals
Public Outreach > seems good so far
Teaching > Talk about policy and significance
Advocacy > Discuss dissemination of materials through different agencies
International programs > seems good so far, but needs more links to outside articles