Ballantyne,
P.F. (1995). From Initial
Abstractions to a Concrete Concept of Personality. In I. Lubek, et al.
(Eds.). Recent Trends in Theoretical Psychology. Vol. 4., pp. 151-157.
New York: Springer.
Danziger, K. & Ballantyne, P.F. (1997). Psychological
Experiments. In W. Bringmann et al. (Eds.). Pictorial History of Psychology,
pp. 233-239. Chicago: Quintessence.
Ballantyne, P.F. (1999). Walter B. Pillsbury. American National Biography. Vol. 17, pp. 524-525. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ballantyne, P.F. (2000). [The] Hawthorne Research. Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences. London: Fitzroy Dearborn.
Ballantyne, P.F. (2002). Psychology, Society, and Ability Testing (1859-2002): Transformative alternatives to Mental Darwinism and Interactionism.
Ballantyne, P.F. (2008) History and Theory of Psychology: An early 21st century student's perspective.
Conference and Other Presentations
Multiple
levels of investigation and the recurring 'crisis of relevance' in psychology.
Presentation to the Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser
University,
Dewey's Muffled Call for a Larger Unit of Psychological Analysis. The 103rd meeting of the American Psychological Association, (Division 26) Toronto, Canada, August, 1996.
Social and Societal Aspects of Experimental Situations: A pictorial comparison of the Danziger and Kusch models. Learned Societies Congress (CPA Division 25), Brock University, St. Chatherines, Ontario, May 23-June 7, 1996.
G. H. Lewes: Early Reviews to Mid-20th Century Obscurity. A poster presented at the International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Cheiron). Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2-5, 1994.
Unity and Diversity of Subject Matter or Pluralism? (A lesson from Woodworth's middle of the Road Psychology). A paper presented at Cheiron. New Hampshire, USA, June 26, 1993.
From Abstract Generalization to Concrete Concepts in the area of Personality. A paper presented at the International Society for Theoretical Psychology (I.S.T.P.). Saclas, France, May 23, 1993.
Three Kinds of Unification for Psychology. A paper for the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec City, Canada, June 13, 1992.
Basic Philosophical Choices, metatheory, and "theory assessment methodology" for a unified 21st century psychology. [Posted: September, 2002; Last Updated: January, 2005]
What is the proper relationship between History of Science and Philosophy of Science? A bibliographic survey with emphasis on Realism, Naturalism, and Evolutionary Epistemology. [Updated October, 2002]
Four Periods of Historiographic Bloom in Psychology. [November, 2002]
Early Historians of psychology and their texts (1870s-1921). [December, 2002]
Leontiev's Activity Theory Approach to Psychology: Activity as the "molar unit of life" and his "levels of psyche". [January, 2003]
Charles W. Tolman: An unauthorized Intellectual Biography. [March, 2003]
Marginalization
of Morgan's Canon and Emergent Evolution (1894-1951). [December, 2003]
Whatever
happened to "Functional" Psychology? [April,
2004]
Robert S. Woodworth (1869-1962): Career overview and contemporary significance. [May, 2004]
Web-postings
Selected Readings in the philosophy, history, and theory of psychology
*Some of these extracts are presented 'as is'; others include brief introductory comments (in the R. I. Watson style) or have been reedited for the sake of clarity or terminological consistency.
Edna Heidbreder (1933) on "Prescientific Psychology".
Edwin Arthur Burtt (1932) "Conclusion" on the Newtonian doctrine of mind.
C.W. Tolman (1991) "For a more adequate concept of development with help from Aristotle and Marx".
Nicola Abbagnano (1967) on varieties of "Positivism" (Social, Evolutionary, Critical).
John Passmore (1967) on "Logical Positivism".
Langfeld, H.S. (1945) Introduction [to the Symposium on Operationism].
John Somerville (1967/1983) on "The Nature of Reality: Dialectical Materialism".
Alex B. Novikoff (1945) on "The concept of integrative levels and biology".
Henry W. Nissen (1951) on "Phylogenetic Comparison".
Norman Munn (1971) on "The Rise of Animal Intelligence".
James M. Lawler (1978) on "Heritability" estimates and IQ.
Abraham Kaplan (1964) on the difference between "Models and Theories".
James J. Gibson (1966) "The Theory of Information Pickup".
James J. Gibson (1966) on perceptual error: "The Causes of Deficient Perception".
Lev Vygotsky (1978) "Problems of method" in psychology.
A.N. Leontiev [Leontyev] (1979) "The problem of activity in psychology".
A.N. Leontyev (1981) "The problem of the origin of sensation".
A.N. Leontyev (1981): "An outline of the evolution of the psyche".
Israel Scheffler (1967/1982): "Objectivity Under Attack".
Hans Reichenbach (1938) on the "context of discovery and context of justification".
Sigmund Koch (September, 1984): "Psychology Versus the Psychological Studies".
C.W. Tolman & C.R. Lemery (1990) "How to reconcile theoretical differences in psychology".
Edward S. Reed (1987) "James Gibson's Ecological Approach to Cognition".
Norman L. Munn (1948): "The Ethics of Textbook Writing".
E.G. Boring (1961): "Tolerances for Inaccuracy".
Course Materials
Theories of Human Nature. [September-April, 1999-2000]
History and Theory of Psychology Course
History and Theory of Psychology: An early 21st century student's perspective
Paul F. Ballantyne Ph.D. 2008©
(Introduction).
Section 1: From the Presocratics to Aristotle: Fundamental issues and the theoretical imperative.
Section 2: From Bacon to Kant: Science and Psychological Themes.
Section 3: Bridging The Gap: British Associationism, Psychophysics, and the Founding of a Discipline.
Section 4: Evolution and Psychology: In Darwin, Romanes, Morgan, James, Dewey, and the Chicago Functionalists.
Section 5: Wax and Wane of American General Psychology (1920-1990s): S-O-R, the Operationist Variable model, and the Crisis of Relevance.