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Natural science, functionalism, and psychology at the University of New Mexico, 1889‐1964
Author(s) -
Norman Ralph D.
Publication year - 1988
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(198801)24:1<69::aid-jhbs2300240115>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - functionalism (philosophy of mind) , liberal arts education , geologist , the arts , natural science , ethnic group , sociology , social science , psychology , anthropology , history , political science , epistemology , law , philosophy , archaeology , cognitive science , higher education
The Psychology Department at the University of New Mexico began as a normal department. It was indelibly influenced to be a part of the natural science grouping in the university's liberal arts college by a strong second president, Clarence L. Herrick, himself a comparative neurologist and geologist. However, some change was effected by the influence of Functionalism and World War I. Over the years psychology suffered from pressures of underfunding, ethnicity, and political factors. A sharp change occurred shortly after 1964. The contribution of an Air Force behavioral science contract in 1957‐1958 is also discussed.