Timeline of Psychology - link & response for this week

As I was searching for resources for my paper on J.B. Watson, I came across this synopsis of psychology as a discipline. What is interesting is that it goes MUCH farther back than we were able to study this semester. I find it intriguing to think about psychology as simply a way of thinking rather than a science. When I think this way, I realize that some of the things I have learned in my undergrad career could be considered common sense. What I like about the field of psychology, however, is the way we scientific-ize (I made that word up) the topics that seem to be common sense. Like a study on conditioned emotional responses (you'll learn about that in my presentation!)...we had figured that it's a possibility; before studying psychology we thought that this is possible. But a psychologist made the effort to back up a claim with empirical research. This is what makes our discipline more than "common sense."

Finally, I'll end with another link. I really like this series of podcasts (if you can get past the Australian accents!) and though not many of the episodes related DIRECTLY to the history of psychology, they are all integrated with information from many fields and schools of study. Let me know if you find one in particular that you like!