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On this day in psychology, 20 October 1859, John Dewey was born. A major figure in psychology, philosophy and education, his ideas helped shape progressive education and modern pragmatism. all-about-psychology.com/his… #psychology #JohnDewey

On this day in psychology, 19 October 1891, Lois Meek Stolz was born. A pioneer in childhood education and development, her work helped advance research into preschool education and child development. all-about-psychology.com/chi… #psychology #ChildPsychology

On this day in psychology, 18 October 1995, cognitive psychologist Roger N. Shepard received the U.S. National Medal of Science for his influential work on perception and mental representation. all-about-psychology.com/cog… #psychology #CognitivePsychology

On this day in psychology, 17 October 1869, Robert S. Woodworth was born. A major figure in early American psychology, he made influential contributions to experimental, educational and physiological psychology. all-about-psychology.com/his… #psychology #PsychologyFacts

On this day in psychology, 16 October 1927, Martin Orne was born. He pioneered research on hypnosis and memory and helped highlight the problem of demand characteristics in psychological experiments. all-about-forensic-psycholog… #psychology #ForensicPsychology

On this day in psychology, 15 October 1963, Stanley Milgram published his landmark Behavioral Study of Obedience, reporting that 65% of participants continued to the maximum shock level. all-about-psychology.com/gin… #psychology #MilgramExperiment

Today in psychology, 14 October 1801, Joseph Plateau was born. A pioneer of psychophysics, he studied color vision and motion perception and created the phenakistoscope, a device for producing the illusion of movement. all-about-psychology.com/his… #psychology #PsychologyFacts

On this day in psychology, 13 October 1881, Albert Michotte was born. A leading experimental psychologist, he’s best known for pioneering research on how we perceive causality in simple visual events. all-about-psychology.com/his… #psychology #PsychologyFacts

On this day in psychology, 12 October 1966, Robert Rosenthal published Experimenter Effects in Behavioral Research, a landmark work on how researchers’ expectations can influence study outcomes. all-about-psychology.com/psy… #psychology #PsychologyFacts

On this day in psychology, 11 October 1885, Sigmund Freud travelled to Paris to study under neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, whose work profoundly influenced Freud’s developing ideas. all-about-psychology.com/sig… #psychology #SigmundFreud

On this day in psychology, 10 October 1902, eminent psychologist, Clark L. Hull began his famous “idea books,” an intellectual diary that eventually spanned 73 handwritten volumes and 50 years. all-about-psychology.com/his… #psychology #PsychologyFacts

On this day in psychology, 9 October 1900, Joseph Zubin was born. A pioneer of experimental psychopathology, his research helped advance understanding of schizophrenia and other mental disorders. all-about-psychology.com/ #psychology #PsychologyFacts

On this day in psychology, 8 October 1953, the first volume of Ernest Jones’s landmark biography The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud was published. all-about-psychology.com/sig… #psychology #SigmundFreud

On this day in psychology, 7 October 1927, R. D. Laing was born. A radical psychiatrist and author of The Divided Self, he challenged conventional thinking about mental illness and its treatment. all-about-psychology.com/abn… #psychology #RDLaing

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On this day in psychology, 6 October 1881, William Thierry Preyer completed the preface to The Mind of the Child, a landmark work in the history of child psychology. all-about-psychology.com/chi… #psychology #ChildPsychology

On this day in psychology, 5 October 1713, Denis Diderot was born. As chief editor of the Encyclopédie, he helped advance Enlightenment thinking and championed psychology as a valuable field of study. all-about-psychology.com/his… #psychology #PsychologyFacts

How can you reduce perfectionism without giving up on doing things well? Explore the research and try a small CBT-informed experiment to test the need for repeated checking. all-about-psychology.com/per…

On this day in psychology, 4 October 1894, Edmund Clark Sanford published A Course in Experimental Psychology, widely regarded as the first laboratory training manual in American psychology. all-about-psychology.com/his… #psychology #PsychologyFacts

📚 All About Psychology Book of the Week: The Hard Problem of Consciousness Resolved by Dennis Nicholson. A thought-provoking exploration of consciousness, brain states, perspective and the explanatory gap. all-about-psychology.com/the… #Psychology #Consciousness