Note: This is a project early in development, which will probably take several months to complete. The purpose of this is to identify many of the classic articles and debates in the field of psychology which has occurred in the journals as well as other important, illuminating articles. Additionally, this will include a number of articles dealing with modernism, postmodernism, and the philosophy of science, as these are important topics which further illuminate a deeper understanding of the intellectual developments relevant to the history of psychology.
General History of Psycohlogy | Behaviorism | Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology |
Psychodynamic & Psychoanalytic Psychology | Phenomenological Psychology|
Philosophy of Science & Epistemology | Premodernism, Modernism, & Postmodernism |
Philosophical & Theoretical Issues in Psychology | Romanticism | "The Good Life" |
Psychopathology | Religion/Spirituality & Psychology | Education and Training Issues
Haggbloom, S. J., Warnick, R., Warnick, J. E., Jones, V. K., Yarbrough, G. L., Russell, T. M., Borecky, C. M., McGahhey, R., Powell, J. L., III, Beavers, J., & Monte, E. (2002). The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century. Review of General Psychology, 6, 139-152.
Herrnstein, R. J. (1977). The evolution of behaviorism. American Psychologist, 32, 593-603. (See also Skinner's response Skinner, 1977)
Krasner, L. (1978). The future and the past in the behaviorism-humanism dialogue. American Psychologist, 33, 799-804.
Skinner, B. F. (1977). Herrnstein and the evolution of behaviorism. American Psychologist, 32, 1006-1012. (Response to Herrnstein, 1977)
Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology
Psychodynamic & Psychoanaltyic Psychology
Stewart, C. (2003). Dreams of treasure: Temporality, historicization and the unconvious. Anthropological Theory, 3, 481-500.
Phenomenological Approaches to Psychology (Humanistic/Existential/Gestalt/Transpersonal)
Abramovitz, A. & Abramovitz, C. (1971). Existential counseling: Values and integration. 44-47.
Allik, J. & Dreschsler, G. (1999). German holism revisited: Really? Culture and Psychology, 5, 239-247.
Ash, M. G. (1991). Gestalt psychology in Weimar culture. History of the Human Sciences, 4, 395-415.
Krasner, L. (1978). The future and the past in the behaviorism-humanism dialogue. American Psychologist, 33, 799-804. (Also under Behavioral Theories)
May, R. (1961). The meaning of the Oedipus myth. Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry, 1, 44-52.
May, R. (1982). The problem of evil: An open letter to Carl Rogers. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 22, 10-21. See also Rogers, 1982.
May, R. (1989). Answers to Ken Wilber and John Rowan. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 29, 244-248. Response to Rowan, 1989 and Wilber, 1989.
Rogers, C. R. (1982). Notes on Rollo May. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 22(3), 8-9. See also May, 1982
Rogers, C. R. (1985). Toward a more human science of the person. Jouranl of Humanistic Psychology, 25, 7-24.
Rogers, C. R. (1995). What understanding and acceptance mean to me. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 35, 7-22.
Rowan, J. (1989). Two humanistic psychologies or one? Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 29, 224-229. See responses from Wilber, 1989 and May, 1989.
Schneider, K. J. (1987) The deified self: A "Centaur" response to Wilber and the transpersonal movement. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 27, 196-212. Dialogue coninues with Wilber, 1989b; Schneider 1989, and Wilber, 1989c.
Schneider, K. J. (1989). Infallibility is so damn appealing: A reply to Ken Wilber. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 29, 470-481. Dialogue begins with Schneider, 1987 and Wilber, 1989b. Continues with Wilber, 1989c.
Schneider, K. J. (1990). R.D. Laing remembered. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 30, 38-42.
Schneider, K. J. (1996). Jim Bugental's vision: The next step. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 36, 67-70.
Tillich, P. (1961). Existentialism and psychotherapy. Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry, 1, 3-7.
Wilber, K. (1989). Two humanistic psychologies? A response. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 29, 230-243. Response to Rowan, 1989. See also May's (1989) Response.
Wilber, K. (1989). God is so damn boring: A response to Kirk Schneider. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 29, 457-469. A Reponse to Schneider, 1987. Dialogue continues wtih Schneider, 1989 and Wilber 1989c.
Wilber, K. (1989). Reply to Schneider. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 29, 493-500. Final article in dialouge including Schneider, 1987; Wilber 1989b, and Schneider, 1989.
Philosophy of Science & Epistemology (See also Premodernism, Modernism, & Postmodernism)
Premodernism, Modernism, & Postmodernism
deRivera, J. (1998). Are some realities realer? Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 18, 151-162
Gergen, K. J. (2001). Psychological science in a postmodern context. American Psychologist, 56, 803-813.
Glassman, M. (2001). Where there is no middle ground. American Psychologist, 56, 369-370. (Letter to the Editor)
Lau, M. Y. (2002). Postmodernism and the values of science. American Psychologist, 57, 1126-1127. (Letter to the Editor)
Locke, E. A. (2002). The dead end of postmodernism. American Psychologist, 57, 458. (Letter to the Editor)
Martin, J. & Sugarman, J. (2000). Between the modern and postmodern: The possibility of self and progressive understanding in psychology. American Psychologist, 55, 397-406.
Matthews, W. J. (1998). Let's get real: The fallacy of post-modernism. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 18, 16-32
Richardson, F. C. (1998). Beyond sceintism and postmodernism? Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 18, 33-45.
Ryan, B. A. (1999). Does postmodernism mean the end of science in the behavioral sciences, and does it matter anyway? Theory and Psychology, 9, 483-502.
Steenbarger, B. N. (1993). On the role of theory in postmodern integration of science and practice. American Psychologist, 48, 56-57. (Letter to the Editor)
White, D. & Wang, A. (1995). Universalism, humanism, and postmodernism. American Psychologist, 50, 39-393. (Letter to the Editor)
Philosophical & Theoretical Issues in Psychology
Cacioppo, J. T., Semin, G. R., & Bernston, G. G. (2004). Realism, instrumentalism, and scientific symbiosis: Psychological theory as a search for truth and the discovery of solutions. American Psychologist, 59, 214-223.
Erwin, E. (2000). Is a science of psychotherapy possible? American Psychologist, 55, 1133-1138.
Ketzko, M. W. (2002). The rhetoric of psychological research and the probelm of unificationin psychology. American Psychologist, 57, 262-270.
Mahrer, A. R. (2000). Philosophy of science and the foundations of psychotherapy. American Psychologist, 55, 1117-1125.
Robinson, D. N. (2000). Philosophy of science at the turn of the century. American Psychologist, 55, 1018-1021.
Rychlak, J. F. (2000). A psychotherapist's lessons from the philosophy of science. American Psychologist, 55, 1126-1132.
Schneider, K. J. (1999). The crisis of the romantic in psychology: Four views. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 39, 9-12.
Schneider, K. J. (1999). The revival of the romantic means a revival of psychology. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 39, 13-29.
King, L. A. (2001). The hard road to the good life: The happy, mature person. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 41, 51-72.
Leifer, R. (1997). The psychiatric repression of Dr. Thomas Szasz: Its social and political significance. Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry, 23, 85-106.
Szasz, T. (1997). Mental illnes is still a myth. Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry, 23, 70-80.
Religion/Spirituality and Psychology
Ellis, H. C. (1992). Graduate education in psychology: Past, present and future. American Psychologist, 47, 570-576.