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Psychology at the University of Nevada‐Reno: A retrospective account
Author(s) -
McReynolds Paul
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<74::aid-jhbs2300240116>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - psychology , george (robot) , history of psychology , curriculum , psychoanalysis , pedagogy , sociology , art history , art
The University of Nevada was founded in 1874. First located in Elko, it was moved to Reno in 1886. The initial curriculum included psychology as a required course for seniors. For some years psychology was taught by professors primarily trained in other disciplines, but in 1909 George Ordahl, a G. Stanley Hall Ph.D., joined the faculty and set up a psychology laboratory. He was succeeded by James Young, who was followed by Ralph Irwin, and later by Paul Secord. During Secord's tenure doctoral programs were developed in experimental psychology, social psychology (jointly with sociology), and clinical psychology.