History of Psychology and Related

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Publications

Thomas, R. K. (Accepted for Publication).  Ludwig Reinhold Geissler and founding of the Journal of Applied PsychologyAmerican Journal of Psychology.

Thomas, R. K. (2009).  Review of Harry Whitaker, C. U. M. Smith, & Stanley Finger (Eds.). Brain, Mind and Medicine: Essays in Eighteenth-Century Neuroscience. New York: Springer, 2007. 376 pp. $59.95 (hardcover), ISBN-13: 978-0-387-70966-6.  Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 45, 176-179.

Thomas, R. K. (2007) Recurring errors among recent history of psychology textbooks. American Journal of Psychology, 120, 477-495.

Thomas, R. K. (Accepted for publication for the following book in preparation). Austin Southwick Edwards (1885-1976).

In J. L. Pate (Ed.). Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Presidents and Presidential Addresses. Amsterdam: Rodopi Press..

Thomas, R. K. (2006). Celestia Susannah Parrish (1853-1918): Pioneering Psychologist, Native Virginian, and "Georgia's Greatest Woman." The Feminist Psychologist, 33, pp. 16 & 28.  Posted here for your (the single reader's) convenience with the permission of the publications committee for the Society for the Psychology of Women Division 35 of the American Psychological AssociationAny other use of this article must be done with the permission of the Society for the Psychology of Women.

Thomas, R. K. (2005). Gosset, William Sealy. In Brian S. Everitt & David C. Howell (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences. Volume 2. (pp. 753-754). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Posted here for your (the single reader s) convenience, with permission of the copyright holder, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Any other use of this article must be done with the permission of John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Thomas, R. K. (2005). Galton, Francis. In Brian S. Everitt & David C. Howell (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences. Volume 2. (pp. 687-688). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Posted here for your (the single reader s) convenience, with permission of the copyright holder, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Any other use of this article must be done with the permission of John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Thomas, R. K. (2003)  Shepherd Ivory Franz (1874-1933)  History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive: (http://htpprints.yorku.ca/)  [This is a slightly modified version of a chapter for the following book in preparation:  J. L. Pate (Ed.). Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Presidents and Presidential Addresses. Amsterdam:Rodopi.] 

Thomas, Roger K. (2001) Lloyd Morgan's Canon: A History of Misrepresentation.  History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive: (http://htpprints.yorku.ca/)

Thomas, Roger K. (2002) Reply to Black and Wozniak on "Lloyd Morgan's Canon: A History of Misrepresentation".  History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive: (http://htpprints.yorku.ca/)

Thomas, Roger K. (2002) Reply to Dewsbury on "On Misrepresenting Lloyd Morgan's Canon: Comment on Thomas".  History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive: (http://htpprints.yorku.ca/)

Thomas, R. K. (2001). Florene Mary Young (1901-1994). The Feminist Psychologist, 28, 27, 32.

Thomas, R. K. (2000). Bekhterev, Vladimir Mikailovich (1857-1927), Russian neuroanatomist, neuropathologist, psychiatrist, psychologist/reflexologist. In A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington: American Psychological Association.

Thomas, R. K. (2000). Franz, Shepherd Ivory (1874-1933), American neuropsychologist. In A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington: American Psychological Association.

Thomas, R. K. (2000). Romanes, George John (1848-1894), Canadian-British comparative psychologist, evolutionist, and physiologist. In A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington: American Psychological Association.

Thomas, R. K. (2000). Morgan, Clifford Thomas (1915-1976), American physiological psychologist and science administrator. In A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington: American Psychological Association.

Thomas, R. K. (2000). Kluver, Heinrich (1897-1979), German-American biological psychologist In A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington: American Psychological Association.

Thomas, R. K. (1999). Shepherd Ivory Franz (1874-1933). In J. A. Garraty & M. C. Carbes (Gen. Eds.) American National Biography, Volume 8 (pp. 405-406). New York: Oxford University Press.

Thomas, R. K. (1999). Francis Cecil Sumner (1895-1954). In J. A. Garraty & M. C. Carnes (Gen. Eds.) American National Biography, Volume 21 (pp. 142-144). New York: Oxford University Press.

Thomas, R. K. (1998). Lloyd Morgan's Canon. In G. Greenberg & M. Haraway (Eds.), Comparative Psychology: A Handbook pp. 156-163. New York: Garland Publishing Co. 

Thomas, R. K. (1997). Correcting Some Pavloviana Regarding "Pavlov's Bell" and Pavlov's "Mugging." American Journal of Psychology, 110, 115-125.

Boeglin, J. A., & Thomas, R. K. (1996). Where does the term neuropsychology come from? International Journal of Psychology, 31, 162.

Presentations

Thomas, R. K. (2009, April),  Ludwig Reinhold Geissler (1879-1932): SSPP President (1929) and Principal Founder of the Journal of Applied Psychology. Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychology, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Savannah, GA, USA.

Thomas, R. K. (2007). Heretofore Unpublished Details of Karl S. Lashley s Method of Reconstruction of Brain Lesions on a Brain Diagram.  Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychology at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA, April, 2007.

Thomas, R. K. (2006).  Copycat Errors in History of Psychology Textbooks:II.. Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychologyat the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Charleston, SC, April, 2006. (Please refer to Thomas, R. K. (Accepted for publication.) Recurring errors among history of psychology textbooks. American Journal of Psychology.)

Thomas, R. K. (2005). Celestia Susannah Parrish (1853-1918): Pioneering Psychologist, Native Virginian, and Georgia s Greatest Woman. Invited presentation, Randolph-Macon Woman s College, Lynchburg, VA, March 16, 2005.

Thomas, R. K. (2005). Being a Historian of Psychology: An Infornal Talk. Invited presentation to undergraduate History of Psychology class, Randolph-Macon Woman s College, Lynchburg, VA, March 16, 2005.

Thomas, R. K. (2004).  Copycat Errors in History of Psychology Textbooks. Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychologyat the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA, April, 2004. (Please refer to Thomas, R. K. (Accepted for publication.) Recurring errors among history of psychology textbooks. American Journal of Psychology.)

Thomas, R. K. (2003). Crawford W. Long s Discovery of Anesthetic Ether: Mesmerism, Delayed Publication, and the Historical Record. Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychologyat the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA, April, 2003

Thomas, R. K. (2002). Lloyd Morgan s Canon: A History of Misrepresentation. Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychologyat the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Nashville, TN, March 2002.

Thomas, R. K., & Cynkus, J. (2001). George John Romanes (1848-1894: More About How Romanes Reputation Was Diminished.  Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychology at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA, April, 2001.

Thomas, R. K. (1999, April). Shepherd Ivory Franz (5th SSPP President) and the "Plagiarism" of Franz by Kalischer.  Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychology at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Louisville, KY.

Thomas, R, K. (1999). "Learning to learn:" Gregory Bateson, Harry Harlow, Robert Yerkes, and Others. In D. A. Dewsbury (Chair) Animal Cognition in Historical Perspective. Symposium conducted at the 107 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Boston, USA.

Thomas, R. K. (1998, March). Pavlovian conditioning, comparative learning, and William T. James. Invited presentation in the symposium "History of Psychology in the Southeast." Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Mobile, AL.

Thomas, R. K. (1998, April). Austin Southwick Edwards (1885-1976). Invited presentation in the "Key Barkley Symposium on the History of Psychology in the South." Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Thomas, R. K. (1998, April). Francis Cecil Sumner: First Black American Psychologist and Member of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Mobile, AL.

Thomas, R. K. (1997, March). Celestia Susannah Parrish (1853-1918). Invited presentation for "Key Barkley Symposium on the History of Psychology in the South." Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Thomas, R. K. (1997, March). The resurrection and redemption of George John Romanes' anthropomorphism and anecdotalism. Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

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Thomas, R. K. (1997, June). Two contrasting views regarding the discovery of the speech center and recognition of its importance for the theory of localization of brain function. Poster presentation at the meeting Cheiron: The International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Richmond, VA.