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An aspect of the early history of the society for the psychological study of social issues: Psychologists and labor
Author(s) -
Finison Lorenz J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(197901)15:1<29::aid-jhbs2300150104>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - yearbook , context (archaeology) , period (music) , principal (computer security) , contemporary society , unemployment , sociology , social science , industrial society , social environment , political science , public relations , economic growth , history , economics , library science , aesthetics , philosophy , archaeology , computer science , anthropology , operating system
This article traces briefly the roots of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social issues in the movement to combat unemployment among psychologists during the mid‐1930s. The principal topic is one aspect of the Society's history: the manner in which the Society responded tothe issue of labor. There were two attempts to deal with this issue in the context of the Depression: the Society's Committee on Trade Union Affiliation and its Yearbook Committee on Industrial Conflict. These committees are described in the context of prolabor sympathies among academics during the period, and in the context of industrial conflict occurring at that time. The continuing conflict within the Society over its role as an “activist” organization versus its role as a research‐supporting organization is shown to have its roots in the very earliest efforts to organize the Society.