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Robert I. Watson and the Cheiron Society
Author(s) -
Goodman Elizabeth S.
Publication year - 1982
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(198210)18:4<322::aid-jhbs2300180407>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - watson , foundation (evidence) , library science , behavioural sciences , sociology , political science , social science , law , natural language processing , computer science
Cheiron, the International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences, was established in 1968 as an outcome of a National Science Foundation summer institute directed by Robert Watson and Josef Brožek. In subsequent years the society has developed into an effective organization for stimulating and disseminating scholarly work, through sponsoring an annual meeting and encouraging a communication network. This article notes Watson's support of Cheiron as one of his contributions to establishing the history of psychology as a specialty field.