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Even the rat was white a historical view of psychology / Robert V. Guthrie ; with new foreword by William H. Grier.

Author/creator Guthrie, Robert V.
Format Book and Print
EditionClassic ed., 2nd ed.
Publication InfoBoston, MA : Allyn and Bacon, 2004.
Descriptionxxi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Partial contents pt. I. Psychology and racial differences -- "The noble savage" and science -- Brass instruments and dark skins. Nativism : themes of racial differences -- Psychometric scientism. Stanford-Binet revisions ; Lewis Terman ; The United States Indian schools ; The Mulatto Hypotheses ; Wechsler-Bellevue scale -- Psychology and race. Carnegie Station for experimental evolution ; Applied eugenics and euthenics ; Sterilization laws ; Eurocentrism : cycle of scientific racism ; The Pioneer Fund -- pt. II. Psychology and psychologists -- The psychology of survival and education -- Black psychologists : training, employment, and organizations -- Production of black psychologists in America -- Francis Cecil Sumner : father of black American psychologists -- pt. III. Conclusion -- The past is prologue. The Bell Curve : 'round and 'round we go -- Appendix A : Statement on racial psychology by The Society for the psychological study of social issues (SPSSI), 1938 -- Appendix B : List of respondents to the 1930 questionnaire concerning the validity of the Mulatto Hypotheses (chapter 3) -- Appendix C : Miscegenation laws in the United States -- Appendix D : Application to Howard University in 1872 for a professorship in chemistry from G. Stanley Hall -- Appendix E : Psychology instructors at Howard University, 1867-1940 -- Appendix F : Master degree graduates in psychology, Howard University, 1927-1950 -- Appendix G : Selected bibliography of psychological studies, 1920-1946.
Local noteLittle-336913--305131045257-
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 254-270) and index.
LCCN 2003041826
ISBN0205392644
ISBN9780205392643

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