THE MORAL OF HER STORY: Exploring the Philosophical and Religious Commitments in Mary Whiton Calkins' Self-Psychology

Over the course of 3 decades, from the turn of the century to the late 1920s, Mary Whiton Calkins articulated and defended a system of self-psychology that held that psychology as a field should be organized as the science of selves. Calkins' system was far from popular at the time, which leads...

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Published in:History of psychology 1999-05, Vol.2 (2), p.119-131
Main Author: Wentworth, Phyllis A
Format: Article
Language:English
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Calkins
Female
History of medicine
History of Psychology
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Human
Kenneth Clark
Mary Whiton Calkins
Morals
Philosophy - history
Psychologists
Religion and Psychology
Self Psychology
Self-Assessment
Theoretical Orientation
United States
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Summary:Over the course of 3 decades, from the turn of the century to the late 1920s, Mary Whiton Calkins articulated and defended a system of self-psychology that held that psychology as a field should be organized as the science of selves. Calkins' system was far from popular at the time, which leads one to question why she persisted in dedicating herself to the cause of defending it. Previous research has sought answers to this question through examination of Calkins' experience as a faculty member at Wellesley College. In this article it is additionally argued that Calkins was not prepared to abandon her system of self-psychology because it was intricately connected to her ideas about ethics and morality.
ISSN:1093-4510
1939-0610
DOI:10.1037/1093-4510.2.2.119