Archives of History of American Psychology Provide Insight Into Terrorist Mind

Anyone who\’s studied psychology is familar with the shock boxes of the mid 1900s. A volunteer, sitting on one side of the curtain, despite written warnings, would flip a switch emmitting a direct, high voltage jolt to someone on the other side, as indicated by agonizing screams. It was fake, but the person pushing the button didn\’t know that. From the Holocaust to modern day terrorism, the Archives of the History of American Psychology, in Akron, Ohio, according to director David Baker, \”is bigger and more important than any general psychology archive in the world. Imagine studying the history of art without museums and galleries, or of literature without libraries and bookstores. That\’s what it was like to study psychology before the archives opened in 1965.\” more… from The Plain Dealer.

September 18, 2001 by Uncategorized 0

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