reflection for 2/12

In class we discussed which psychologist we would have most liked to work with out of the ones we had learned about so far. I may have been alone in class in wanting to work with Galton. I know Eugenics is a controversial topic, especially if it is based on race but he did a lot of cool stuff other than that. I was very impressed by the invention of finger printing and weather mapping. The thing that most intrigued me about his work was the one topic that would have gained me no recognition or academic honors (and may have tied me in with unwanted negative feelings about Eugenics) but it would have been fun to test. I really would have enjoyed measuring peoples senses and testing to see if they correspond with intelligence. I would have liked to compare my own results on such tests with other people and colleagues. I have always been interested in tests that have been developed to measure athletic skill and I feel like these tests are similiar to those.
It would have also been very interesting to work with or just observe Calkins. Both because of her brilliance but also because of the fact that she was a woman in a time when not many woman were able to study at higher levels let alone with the best minds in the field. I really think she would have been first person i would choose to meet if given the opportunity. she really seems like an interesting person both for her intelligence and waht she was able to accomplish. I also thought it was really cool when she denied the honary degree from the womens school, stating simply that she did not study there she studied at harvard.