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THE "MAGIC DECADE" REVISITED: CLARK PSYCHOLOGY IN THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES.

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Title: THE "MAGIC DECADE" REVISITED: CLARK PSYCHOLOGY IN THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES.
Authors: Koelsch, William A.
Source: Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. Apr90, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p151-175. 25p.
Subjects: Psychology, Social sciences, Clark University (Worcester, Mass.)
Geographic Terms: Worcester (Mass.), Massachusetts, United States
Abstract: Clark psychology in the post­Hallian era has attracted little attention from scholars. The only general account, Carl Murchison's ‘Recollections of a Magic Decade at Clark’ (1959), is both partisan and limited in scope. This paper examines the ‘second cycle’ of the Clark department in a period of unusual productivity in research, publication and graduate training from the mid-twenties to the mid-thirties, as well as the internal tensions and constraints that led the department to self-destruct in 1936 and lose its scholarly leadership and professional visibility until the post-World War II era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Clark psychology in the post&shyHallian era has attracted little attention from scholars. The only general account, Carl Murchison's ‘Recollections of a Magic Decade at Clark’ (1959), is both partisan and limited in scope. This paper examines the ‘second cycle’ of the Clark department in a period of unusual productivity in research, publication and graduate training from the mid-twenties to the mid-thirties, as well as the internal tensions and constraints that led the department to self-destruct in 1936 and lose its scholarly leadership and professional visibility until the post-World War II era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00225061
DOI:10.1002/1520-6696(199004)26:2<151::AID-JHBS2300260206>3.0.CO;2-U