Monitor on Psychology - November 2011 - (Page 31)

In the 1890s, magic lanterns became part of psychology’s inventory of “brass instruments” and were commonly advertised in magazines and journals. his doctorate with Wundt in 1891, Scripture published articles on the use of magic lanterns in the classroom and laboratory, referring to the lantern as “a fundamental piece of apparatus for the lecture-room.” His careful costbenefit analysis, balancing purchase price against time used per student, revealed that the magic lantern and the kymograph were the two most essential and cost-effective instruments for psychologists. The lantern, he estimated, would be used 60 times in an academic year of 35 weeks, at 10 to 30 minutes per usage before 60 to 130 students. Scripture’s uses of the lantern were no ordinary slide shows. His lecture hall was equipped with a double-lens lantern that projected two images at once — one photographed through a red filter, the other through a green filter, and students were issued colored gels through which to view large three-dimensional images. In another use, a screen was stretched across the entire width of the lecture room and a recording apparatus (an ergograph, say, or a plethysmograph) was placed in an episcope, allowing it to be projected onto half the screen. The apparatus drove an elongated stylus that etched a tracing on a smoked glass panel placed in another lantern, which projected the graph, as it was being drawn, onto the other half of the screen. As experimental conditions were varied, students witnessed the unfolding of a real-time, larger-than-life psychology experiment. It was a scene worthy of Leipzig’s Spectatorium. Such classroom feats were not taking place in a cultural vacuum. Awareness of the social and economic benefits of science had stimulated unprecedented public fascination with science during 31 n ov e M b e r 2 0 1 1 • M o n i to r o n p s yc h o l o g y holger ellgaard

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - November 2011

Monitor on Psychology - November 2011
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
Guest Column
‘Grand Challenges’ offers blueprint for mental health research
Documentary seeks to reach parents of LGBT kids
Treating veterans will cost at least $5 billion by 2020
Selfless volunteering might lengthen your life
Combat and stress up among U.S. military in Afghanistan
South Africa to host international psychology conference
Study uncovers a reason behind sex differences in mental illness
Navy psychologist gives a voice to combat trauma
In Brief
Psychologist suicide
On Your Behalf
Journey back to Heart Mountain
Psychology is key to pain management, report finds
ACT goes international
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Science Watch
Behavior change in 15-minute sessions?
Health-care reform 2.0
Perspective on Practice
Giving a heads up on concussion
Practice Profile
Searching for meaning
Inspiring young researchers
Aging, with grace
Public Interest
Thank you!
APA News
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
The man who gave Head Start a start
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - November 2011