November 19 in Psychology

APA Historical Database: Selected Entries

On November 19:

1898 — William H. Sheldon was born. Sheldon's constitutional psychology was a system that related endomorphic, ectomorphic, and mesomorphic body types to normal and abnormal personality.

1901 — John B. Watson began his first psychology experiment as a graduate student at the University of Chicago. He studied maze learning in rats.

1952 — Clark Hull's book A Behavior System was published, explaining Hull's hypothetico-deductive theory of behavior.

1959 — Representatives of 16 state psychology boards meeting in Chicago agreed that a national organization was needed to establish uniform licensing examination procedures. A constitutional committee, chaired by Joseph R. Sanders, was appointed and undertook steps eventually leading to the formation of the American Association of State Psychology Boards.

1978 — The Society of Behavioral Medicine was founded in Chicago.

Copyright © 1995, American Psychological Association. Web version by permission. Source: Street, W. R. (1994). A Chronology of Noteworthy Events in American Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. The American Psychological Association and Central Washington University have supported the development of the APA Historical Database.

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