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Reshaping psychology at Clark: The Werner Era
Author(s) -
Franklin Margery B.
Publication year - 1990
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(199004)26:2<176::aid-jhbs2300260207>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - mainstream , relation (database) , reputation , perspective (graphical) , history of psychology , psychology , psychoanalysis , sociology , social science , political science , law , art , visual arts , database , computer science
Heinz Werner, a comparative‐developmental psychologist who had emigrated from Europe in 1933, came to Clark in 1947 when the once‐renowned psychology department was at a low ebb. Under Werner's leadership, the department reestablished its reputation as a center of research and graduate training. It is suggested that Werner's vision of psychology and graduate education led him to form a department that had a unique perspective and was, in many respects, ahead of its time. The question of Werner's position in relation to the mainstream is considered.