Ian Nicholson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3592196 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Nicholson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Nicholson |
| SIGNATURE | NICHOLSON I |
| AFFILIATIONS | St. Thomas University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Measuring infrastructure projects' impact on UN SDG global goals: Development of an SDG impact-value chain for the infrastructure sector based on the triple bottom line
Global grand challenges of climate change, pandemics and other sustainable development risks are threatening international societies. Six years ago, the need for urgent action was grasped by the international community in their report, 'Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development' (United Nations, 2015), where the 17 sustainable development goals (SDG) were adopted by 193 states at the UN General Assembly. This research st…
A tale of two methods: Gustave Gilbert, Stanley Milgram, and the “Mysterious Nazi Mind” (1945–1965)
Introduction to the special issue: Unplugging the Milgram machine
The current issue of Theory & Psychology is devoted to Stanley Milgram and his contribution to the study of obedience. It presents a decidedly critical evaluation of these well-known experiments that challenges their relevance to our understanding of events such as the Holocaust. It builds on recent investigations of the Milgram archive at Yale. The discipline’s adulation of the obedience research overlooks several critical factors: the palpable …
The normalization of torment: Producing and managing anguish in Milgram’s “Obedience” laboratory
Milgram framed his “Obedience” experiments as an inquiry into the Holocaust, posing state directed mass murder as a “conflict between conscience and authority.” However, recent research into atrocities suggests that “moral conflict” is often absent; murder is frequently undertaken willingly in a spirit of idealism and “normalcy.” The question is not why do people obey orders they find morally objectionable as Milgram suggested, but rather how doe…
“Torture at Yale”: Experimental subjects, laboratory torment and the “rehabilitation” of Milgram’s “Obedience to Authority”
Stanley Milgram’s experiments on “Obedience to Authority” are among the most criticized in all of psychology. However, over the past 20 years, there has been a gradual rehabilitation of Milgram’s work and reputation, a reconsideration that is in turn closely linked to a contemporary “revival” of his Obedience experiments. This paper provides a critical counterpoint to this “Milgram revival” by drawing on archival material from participants in the…
"Shocking" Masculinity: Stanley Milgram, "Obedience to Authority," and the "Crisis of Manhood" in Cold War America
Stanley Milgram's study of "obedience to authority" is one of the best-known psychological experiments of the twentieth century. This essay examines the study's special charisma through a detailed consideration of the intellectual, cultural, and gender contexts of Cold War America. It suggests that Milgram presented not a "timeless" experiment on "human nature" but, rather, a historically contingent, scientifically sanctioned "performance" of Ame…
Baring the soul: Paul Bindrim, Abraham Maslow and 'Nude psychotherapy
Nude psychotherapy is one of the most flamboyant therapeutic techniques ever developed in American psychology. Largely forgotten today, the therapy was an academic and popular sensation upon its introduction in 1967. Developed by psychologist Paul Bindrim, the therapy promised to guide clients to their authentic selves through the systematic removal of clothing. This paper explores the intellectual, cultural and ethical context of nude therapy an…
Giving up maleness: Abraham Maslow, masculinity, and the boundaries of psychology
Ian A . M . N icholsonS t. T hom as U niversityP sychology's boundaries consist of a netw ork of m ethods, categories, and institu-tional practices. S trategically important , these m arkers distinguis h the field fromcom m on sense and popular psychology . A lthough psychologists have attem pted todefine them selves in term s of natural science, gender considerations have also beenw oven into the fabric of the field. T his article exam ines psyc…
A coherent datum of perception: Gordon Allport, Floyd Allport, and the politics of ?personality
This paper examines Floyd and Gordon Allport's early work on "personality" psychology. In the early 1920s, personality was an unorthodox topic, and for the Allports it initially served as an intellectual and personal bond. Floyd proposed the subject to his brother as a dissertation topic, and the two worked closely on developing personality tests. By 1924, however, "personality" had become the site of a dispute between the two brothers over the i…
A coherent datum of perception: "Gordon Allport, Floyd Allport, and the politics of "personality
This paper examines Floyd and Gordon Allport's early work on “personality” psychology. In the early 1920s, personality was an unorthodox topic, and for the Allports it initially served as an intellectual and personal bond. Floyd proposed the subject to his brother as a dissertation topic, and the two worked closely on developing personality tests. By 1924, however, “personality” had become the site of a dispute between the two brothers over the i…
Ethics, objectivity, and professional authority
Ethics, objectivity, and professional authority
The Approved Bureaucratic Torpor”: Goodwin Watson, Critical Psychology, and the Dilemmas of Expertise, 1930-1945
The Approved Bureaucratic Torpor”: Goodwin Watson, Critical Psychology, and the Dilemmas of Expertise, 1930–1945
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) played an important role in expanding the mandate and influence of American psychology. This article examines the nature of that role through a consideration of the early career of SPSSI's first president, Goodwin Watson. During the Depression, Watson encouraged psychologists to abandon value neutrality and political disinterestedness in favor of politically committed activist scien…
To “Correlate Psychology and Social Ethics”: Gordon Allport and the First Course in American Personality Psychology
This article explores the historical origins of what is widely regarded as the “first course in American personality psychology”: Gordon Allport's 1925 course entitled “Personality: Its Psychological and Social Aspects.” It argues that the professional focus and disciplinary context of Allport's course were much more complicated than is generally believed. Far from being a completely novel and distinctively psychological venture, Allport's course…
Humanistic Psychology and Intellectual Identity: "The "Open' System of Gordon Allport
This article examines the relationship between Gordon Allport and humanistic psychology. Allport was an important figure in the early history of humanistic psychology. His work in personality psychology contributed to the movement's theoretical base and his organizational efforts helped give humanistic psychology an institutional structure. Despite these contributions, however, it would be a mistake to categorize him primarily as a humanistic psy…
The politics of scientific social reform, 1936-1960: Goodwin Watson and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
This paper explores the development and subsequent transformation of a “radical” professional model in American psychology. Its focal point is Goodwin Watson and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), an organization Watson helped found in 1936. During the Depression, he and many of his SPSSI colleagues called upon psychologists to abandon value neutrality and political disinterestedness in favor of an explicit set of s…
From the Kingdom of God to the Beloved Community, 1920–1930: Psychology and the Social Gospel in the Work of Goodwin Watson & Carl Rogers
This article examines the relationship between psychology and religion in the 1920s through a consideration of the careers of Goodwin Watson and Carl Rogers. Both men began their professional lives in the ministry but later switched to psychology. Their decision to go into psychology and their subsequent research program is discussed in relation to the religious and social context of the early 20th century. For Watson and Rogers, psychology was n…
Academic professionalization and protestant reconstruction, 1890-1902: George Albert Coe's psychology of religion
This paper examines the relationship between the New Psychology and American Protestantism in the late nineteenth century through a consideration of the early career of George Albert Coe. Coe originally aspired to become a Methodist minister but after several years studying evolutionary biology and the New Theology his professional interests came to rest on the New Psychology. His decision to pursue a career in psychology and his subsequent resea…
"Shocking" Masculinity: Stanley Milgram, "Obedience to Authority," and the "Crisis of Manhood" in Cold War America
Stanley Milgram's study of "obedience to authority" is one of the best-known psychological experiments of the twentieth century. This essay examines the study's special charisma through a detailed consideration of the intellectual, cultural, and gender contexts of Cold War America. It suggests that Milgram presented not a "timeless" experiment on "human nature" but, rather, a historically contingent, scientifically sanctioned "performance" of Ame…
The Approved Bureaucratic Torpor”: Goodwin Watson, Critical Psychology, and the Dilemmas of Expertise, 1930–1945
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) played an important role in expanding the mandate and influence of American psychology. This article examines the nature of that role through a consideration of the early career of SPSSI's first president, Goodwin Watson. During the Depression, Watson encouraged psychologists to abandon value neutrality and political disinterestedness in favor of politically committed activist scien…
Giving up maleness: Abraham Maslow, masculinity, and the boundaries of psychology
Ian A . M . N icholsonS t. T hom as U niversityP sychology's boundaries consist of a netw ork of m ethods, categories, and institu-tional practices. S trategically important , these m arkers distinguis h the field fromcom m on sense and popular psychology . A lthough psychologists have attem pted todefine them selves in term s of natural science, gender considerations have also beenw oven into the fabric of the field. T his article exam ines psyc…
Baring the soul: Paul Bindrim, Abraham Maslow and 'Nude psychotherapy
Nude psychotherapy is one of the most flamboyant therapeutic techniques ever developed in American psychology. Largely forgotten today, the therapy was an academic and popular sensation upon its introduction in 1967. Developed by psychologist Paul Bindrim, the therapy promised to guide clients to their authentic selves through the systematic removal of clothing. This paper explores the intellectual, cultural and ethical context of nude therapy an…
Humanistic Psychology and Intellectual Identity: "The "Open' System of Gordon Allport
This article examines the relationship between Gordon Allport and humanistic psychology. Allport was an important figure in the early history of humanistic psychology. His work in personality psychology contributed to the movement's theoretical base and his organizational efforts helped give humanistic psychology an institutional structure. Despite these contributions, however, it would be a mistake to categorize him primarily as a humanistic psy…
From the Kingdom of God to the Beloved Community, 1920–1930: Psychology and the Social Gospel in the Work of Goodwin Watson & Carl Rogers
This article examines the relationship between psychology and religion in the 1920s through a consideration of the careers of Goodwin Watson and Carl Rogers. Both men began their professional lives in the ministry but later switched to psychology. Their decision to go into psychology and their subsequent research program is discussed in relation to the religious and social context of the early 20th century. For Watson and Rogers, psychology was n…
Academic professionalization and protestant reconstruction, 1890-1902: George Albert Coe's psychology of religion
This paper examines the relationship between the New Psychology and American Protestantism in the late nineteenth century through a consideration of the early career of George Albert Coe. Coe originally aspired to become a Methodist minister but after several years studying evolutionary biology and the New Theology his professional interests came to rest on the New Psychology. His decision to pursue a career in psychology and his subsequent resea…
To “Correlate Psychology and Social Ethics”: Gordon Allport and the First Course in American Personality Psychology
This article explores the historical origins of what is widely regarded as the “first course in American personality psychology”: Gordon Allport's 1925 course entitled “Personality: Its Psychological and Social Aspects.” It argues that the professional focus and disciplinary context of Allport's course were much more complicated than is generally believed. Far from being a completely novel and distinctively psychological venture, Allport's course…
Humanistic Psychology and Intellectual Identity: "The "Open' System of Gordon Allport
This article examines the relationship between Gordon Allport and humanistic psychology. Allport was an important figure in the early history of humanistic psychology. His work in personality psychology contributed to the movement's theoretical base and his organizational efforts helped give humanistic psychology an institutional structure. Despite these contributions, however, it would be a mistake to categorize him primarily as a humanistic psy…
The politics of scientific social reform, 1936-1960: Goodwin Watson and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
This paper explores the development and subsequent transformation of a “radical” professional model in American psychology. Its focal point is Goodwin Watson and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), an organization Watson helped found in 1936. During the Depression, he and many of his SPSSI colleagues called upon psychologists to abandon value neutrality and political disinterestedness in favor of an explicit set of s…
Ethics, objectivity, and professional authority
Ethics, objectivity, and professional authority
The Approved Bureaucratic Torpor”: Goodwin Watson, Critical Psychology, and the Dilemmas of Expertise, 1930-1945
The Approved Bureaucratic Torpor”: Goodwin Watson, Critical Psychology, and the Dilemmas of Expertise, 1930–1945
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) played an important role in expanding the mandate and influence of American psychology. This article examines the nature of that role through a consideration of the early career of SPSSI's first president, Goodwin Watson. During the Depression, Watson encouraged psychologists to abandon value neutrality and political disinterestedness in favor of politically committed activist scien…
A coherent datum of perception: Gordon Allport, Floyd Allport, and the politics of ?personality
This paper examines Floyd and Gordon Allport's early work on "personality" psychology. In the early 1920s, personality was an unorthodox topic, and for the Allports it initially served as an intellectual and personal bond. Floyd proposed the subject to his brother as a dissertation topic, and the two worked closely on developing personality tests. By 1924, however, "personality" had become the site of a dispute between the two brothers over the i…
A coherent datum of perception: "Gordon Allport, Floyd Allport, and the politics of "personality
This paper examines Floyd and Gordon Allport's early work on “personality” psychology. In the early 1920s, personality was an unorthodox topic, and for the Allports it initially served as an intellectual and personal bond. Floyd proposed the subject to his brother as a dissertation topic, and the two worked closely on developing personality tests. By 1924, however, “personality” had become the site of a dispute between the two brothers over the i…
Giving up maleness: Abraham Maslow, masculinity, and the boundaries of psychology
Ian A . M . N icholsonS t. T hom as U niversityP sychology's boundaries consist of a netw ork of m ethods, categories, and institu-tional practices. S trategically important , these m arkers distinguis h the field fromcom m on sense and popular psychology . A lthough psychologists have attem pted todefine them selves in term s of natural science, gender considerations have also beenw oven into the fabric of the field. T his article exam ines psyc…
Baring the soul: Paul Bindrim, Abraham Maslow and 'Nude psychotherapy
Nude psychotherapy is one of the most flamboyant therapeutic techniques ever developed in American psychology. Largely forgotten today, the therapy was an academic and popular sensation upon its introduction in 1967. Developed by psychologist Paul Bindrim, the therapy promised to guide clients to their authentic selves through the systematic removal of clothing. This paper explores the intellectual, cultural and ethical context of nude therapy an…
“Torture at Yale”: Experimental subjects, laboratory torment and the “rehabilitation” of Milgram’s “Obedience to Authority”
Stanley Milgram’s experiments on “Obedience to Authority” are among the most criticized in all of psychology. However, over the past 20 years, there has been a gradual rehabilitation of Milgram’s work and reputation, a reconsideration that is in turn closely linked to a contemporary “revival” of his Obedience experiments. This paper provides a critical counterpoint to this “Milgram revival” by drawing on archival material from participants in the…
"Shocking" Masculinity: Stanley Milgram, "Obedience to Authority," and the "Crisis of Manhood" in Cold War America
Stanley Milgram's study of "obedience to authority" is one of the best-known psychological experiments of the twentieth century. This essay examines the study's special charisma through a detailed consideration of the intellectual, cultural, and gender contexts of Cold War America. It suggests that Milgram presented not a "timeless" experiment on "human nature" but, rather, a historically contingent, scientifically sanctioned "performance" of Ame…
Introduction to the special issue: Unplugging the Milgram machine
The current issue of Theory & Psychology is devoted to Stanley Milgram and his contribution to the study of obedience. It presents a decidedly critical evaluation of these well-known experiments that challenges their relevance to our understanding of events such as the Holocaust. It builds on recent investigations of the Milgram archive at Yale. The discipline’s adulation of the obedience research overlooks several critical factors: the palpable …
The normalization of torment: Producing and managing anguish in Milgram’s “Obedience” laboratory
Milgram framed his “Obedience” experiments as an inquiry into the Holocaust, posing state directed mass murder as a “conflict between conscience and authority.” However, recent research into atrocities suggests that “moral conflict” is often absent; murder is frequently undertaken willingly in a spirit of idealism and “normalcy.” The question is not why do people obey orders they find morally objectionable as Milgram suggested, but rather how doe…
A tale of two methods: Gustave Gilbert, Stanley Milgram, and the “Mysterious Nazi Mind” (1945–1965)
Measuring infrastructure projects' impact on UN SDG global goals: Development of an SDG impact-value chain for the infrastructure sector based on the triple bottom line
Global grand challenges of climate change, pandemics and other sustainable development risks are threatening international societies. Six years ago, the need for urgent action was grasped by the international community in their report, 'Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development' (United Nations, 2015), where the 17 sustainable development goals (SDG) were adopted by 193 states at the UN General Assembly. This research st…
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