Clinical Psychology
TRADITIONAL CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY:
By the second half of the 1800s, the scientific study of psychology was fetching well established
in university laboratories.
Although there were a few speckled voices calling for an applied
psychology,...
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Clinical Psychology
TRADITIONAL CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY:
By the second half of the 1800s, the scientific study of psychology was fetching well established
in university laboratories.
Although there were a few speckled voices calling for an applied
psychology, the general field looked down ahead this idea and insisted on "pure" science as the
only upright practice.
This changed when Lightener witmer (1867-1956), a past student of Wundt
and head of the psychology branch at the University of Pennsylvania, agreed to treat a young boy
who had difficulty with spelling.
His successful handling was soon to lead to Witmer s opening of the first psychological clinic at
Penn in 1896, devoted to helping children with learning disability.
Ten years later in 1907, Witmer
was to found the first journal of this fresh field, The Psychological Clinic , where he coined the
term "clinical psychology," define as "the study of those, by observation or experimentation, with
the aim of promoting alteration".
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