Donald A. Dewsbury
Selected Articles and Chapters
in the History of Psychology

85. Dewsbury, D. A. A brief history of the study of animal behavior in North America. In P. P. G. Bateson and P. H. Klopfer (Eds.) Perspectives in Ethology Volume 8 Whither Ethology? New York: Plenum, 1989, Pp. 85-122.

196. Dewsbury, D. A. Frank Ambrose Beach 1911-1988. American Journal of Psychology, 1989, 102, 414-420.

201. Dewsbury, D. A. Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907-1988). American Psychologist, 1990, 45, 67-68.

205. Dewsbury, D. A. Early interactions between animal psychologists and animal activists and the founding of the APA Committee on Precautions in Animal Experimentation. American Psychologist, 1990, 45, 315-327

209. Dewsbury, D. A. Frank Beach's unpublished textbook on comparative psychology. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1990, 104, 219-226.

211. Dewsbury, D. A. Whither the introductory course in the history of psychology? Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 1990, 26, 371-377.

215. Dewsbury, D. A., James V. McConnell (1925-1990). Animal Behavior Society Newsletter, 1991, 36(1), 6.

228. Dewsbury, D. A. (1992). Comparative psychology and ethology:  A reassessment. American
Psychologist, 47, 208-215.

229. Dewsbury, D. A. Triumph and tribulation in the history of American comparative psychology. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1992, 106, 1-19.

240. Dewsbury, D. A., and Pickren, W. E. Psychologists as teachers: Sketches toward a history of teaching during 100 years of American psychology. In A. E. Puente, J. Matthews, & C. Brewer (Eds.) Teaching in Psychology in America: A History (pp. 127-151). Washington: American Psychological Association, 1992.

241. Dewsbury, D. A. The boys of summer at the end of summer: The Watson-Lashley correspondence of the 1950s. Psychological Reports, 1993, 72, 263-269.

243. Dewsbury, D. A. William James and instinct theory revisited. In M. Donnelly (Ed.) Reinterpreting the legacy of William James, (pp. 263-291). Washington: American Psychological Association, 1992.

245. Dewsbury, D. A. On publishing controversy: Norman R. F. Maier and the genesis of seizures. American Psychologist, 1993, 48, 869-877.

249. Dewsbury, D. A. John B. Watson: Profile of a comparative psychologist and proto-ethologist. In J. T. Todd and E. K. Morris (Eds.) Modern perspectives on classical and modern behaviorism. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1994, pp. 141-144.

250. Todd, J. T., Dewsbury, D. A., Logue, A. W., & Dryden, N. John B. Watson: A bibliography. In J. T. Todd and E. K. Morris (Eds.) Modern perspectives on classical and modern behaviorism. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1994, pp. 169-178.

260. Dewsbury, D. A. The comparative psychology of Paul Schiller. Psychological Record, 1994, 44, 320-325.

270. Dewsbury, D. A., & Bolles, R. C. The founding of the Psychonomic Society. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 1995, 2, 216-233.

271. Dewsbury, D. A., The developmental psychobiology of Myrtle McGraw. In T. C. Dalton and V. M. Bergenn (Eds.) Beyond heredity and enviornment: Mrytle McGraw and the maturation controversy (pp. 207-214.) Boulder, CO: Westview.

272. Dewsbury, D. A., Americans in Europe: The role of travel in the spread of European ethology after World War II. Animal Behaviour, 1995, 49, 1649-1663.

280. Dewsbury, D. A. Robert M. Yerkes: Man with a Dream. In G. A. Kimble, C. A. Boneau, and M. Wertheimer (Eds.) Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology: Volume II. (Pp. 87-105). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1996.

281. Dewsbury, D. A. Paul Harkai Schiller. In G.A. Kimble, C. A. Boneau, and M. Wertheimer (Eds.) Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology: Volume II. (Pp. 281-293). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1996.

285.  Dewsbury, D. A.  History of the Psychonomic Society II:  The Journal Publishing Program.
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1996, 3, 322-338.

286. Dewsbury, D. A. Academic societies and their impact on the history of comparative psychology. Revista de Historia de la Psychologia, 1993, 14, 31-42.

287. Dewsbury, D. A. (1996). A history of Division 6 (Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology): Now you see it, now you don't. In D. A. Dewsbury (Ed.) Unification through division: Histories of divisions of the American Psychological Assoc. Volume 1, (Pp. 41-65). Washington, DC: American Psychological Assoc.

288. Dewsbury, D. A. (1996). Beatrix Tugendhat Gardner (1933-1995). American Psychologist, 51, 1332.

289. Dewsbury, D. A. On the evolution of divisions. American Psychologist, 1997, 52, 733-741.

290. Dewsbury, D. A. In celebration of the centennial of Ivan P. Pavlov's (1897/1902) The Work of the Digestive Glands. American Psychologist, 1997, 933-935.

291. Dewsbury, D. A. Edward Bradford Titchener: Comparative Psychologist? American Journal of Psychology, 1997, 110, 449-456.& Review, 1997, 4, 350-358.

292.  Dewsbury, D. A.  History of the Psychonomic Society III:  The Meetings of the Psychonomic
Society.  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1997, 4, 350-358.

293. Dewsbury, D. A. Frank A. Beach. Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, 1997, 73, 3-22.

294. Dewsbury, D. A. History of the Psychonomic Society IV: The Development of the Psychonomic Society. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1997, 4, 492-500.

295. Dewsbury, D. A. Henry W. Nissen: Quiet comparative psychologist. In G. A. Kimble, C. A. Boneau, and M. Wertheimer (Eds.) Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology: Volume III. (pp. 228-242). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1998.

296. Dewsbury, D. A. Robert Yerkes, sex research, and the problem of data simplification. History of Psychology, 1998, 1, 116-129.

297. Dewsbury, D. A. Rhetorical strategies in the presentation of ethology and comparative psychology in magazines after World War II. Science in Context, 1997, 10, 367-386..

300. Dewsbury, D. A. Celebrating E. L. Thorndike a century after Animal Intelligence. American Psychologist, 1998, 53, 1121-1124.

301. Dewsbury, D. A. Animal Psychology in Journals, 1911-1927: Another Look at the Snark. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1998, 112, 400-405.

302. Dewsbury, D. A. A Note on the Early Editorial Policies of the Journal of Comparative Psychology".Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1998, 112, 406-407.

303. Dewsbury, D. A.  Frank Ambrose Beach, Jr.  In:  American National Biography.  Oxford
University Press, 1999, vol. 2, 384-385.

304. Dewsbury, D. A.  Karl Spencer Lashley.  In:  American National Biography.  Oxford University  Press, 1999, vol. 13, 220-221.

305. Dewsbury, D. A.  Curt Paul Richter.  In:  American National Biography.  Oxford University
Press, 1999, vol. 18, 469.

305a. Dewsbury, D. A. Molly Harrower. Cheiron Newsletter, 1999, 25(1), 2.

306.  Carter, S., and Dewsbury, D. A. Martin Warren Schein 23 December 1925-10 April 1998.
Animal Behavior Society Newsletter, 44(2), 5-6.

307.  Dewsbury, D. A. Molly Harrower (1906-1999): Lover of life.  Psychology of Women, 26(3),  24, 27.

308. Dewsbury, D. A. The proximate and the ultimate: Past, present, and future. Behavioural
 Processes, 1999, 46, 189-199

 309. Dewsbury, D. A. Bucknell, the Animal Behavior Society, and me. Animal Behavior Society
 Newsletter, 1999, 44(3), 5-7..

310. Dewsbury, D. A.  Snapshots of psychology circa 1900.  American Psychologist, 55, 255-259.

311. Dewsbury, D. A.  Frank A. Beach,  In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology v1
( pp.  374-376).  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association and Oxford University
Press.

312. Dewsbury, D. A.  Leonard Carmichael. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology   v. 2     (pp. 41-42).  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association and Oxford University
Press.

313.  Dewsbury, D. A.  Comparative psychology. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology  v2, (pp. 224-227).  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association and Oxford  University Press.

314.  Dewsbury, D. A.  Harry Harlow. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology v. 4. (pp.  62-64) Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association and Oxford University
 Press.

315.  Dewsbury, D. A.  Daniel Lehrman. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology v. 5 (pp. 41-42).  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association and Oxford University
 Press.

316.  Dewsbury, D. A.  Neal Miller. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology v5 (pp. 271- 273).  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.

317.  Dewsbury, D. A.  Henry Nissen. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology v. 5 (p.
 446).  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.

318.  Dewsbury, D. A.  Psychonomic Society, In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology v. 6  (pp. 428-429).  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association and Oxford
University Press.

319.  Dewsbury, D. A.  Niko Tinbergen. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology v. 8 (pp. 87-88).  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association and Oxford University
Press.

320.  Dewsbury, D. A.  Carl Warden. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology v. 8 (p.
 229).  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.

321.  Dewsbury, D. A.  Robert Yerkes. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology v. 8 (pp. 295-296).  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association and Oxford University
 Press.

322. Dewsbury, D. A. Obituary, John Paul Scott (December 17, 1909- March 26, 2000). Animal
 Behavior society Newsletter, May, 2000, 45(2), 3-5,

 323. Dewsbury, D. A. Comparative cognition in the 1930s. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 7, 267- 283.

324. Dewsbury, D. A. Issues in comparative psychology at the dawn of the twentieth century.
American Psychologist, 2000, 55, 750-753.

 326. Dewsbury, D. A.  Frank A. Beach, master teacher.  In G. A. Kimble and M. Wertheimer (Eds.)  Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology:  Volume IV.  pp. 268-283. Washington, DC:  American  Psychological Association.

 326a. Dewsbury, D. A. Report of the Division 26 Representative on the meeting of the APA
 Council of Representatives, February, 2000. History of Psychology, 2000, 3, 293-294.

327. Dewsbury, D. A. (2000). Molly R. Harrower (1906-1999). American Psychologist, 55, 1059.

328. Dewsbury, D. A. (2000). The marginalization of academic, non-scientific psychology in the
American Psychological Association. The General Psychologist 35, 96-97..

328a.  Dewsbury, D. A. (2000). John Paul Scott (1909-2000). American Oxonian, 88, 353-355.
(Reprint of 322).

328b. Dewsbury, D. A. (2001). Report of the Division 26 Representative on the meeting of the
APA Council of Representatives, August 2000. History of Psychology, 4, 95-96.

329. Dewsbury, D. A., & Panksepp, J. (2001). John Paul Scott (1909-2000). American Psychologist,
56, 454.

 330. Goldman, J. R., & Dewsbury, D. A. (2002). Louis D. Cohen (1912-2000). American
Psychologist, 56, 1157.

331.  Dewsbury, D.A. (2002) The Chicago five: A family of integrative psychobiologists. History of
Psychology 5, 16-37.

332.  Dewsbury, D. A. (2002). Constructing representations of Karl Spencer Lashley. Journal of
the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 38, 225-245.

333. Dewsbury, D. A. (2002). The role of evidence in interpretations of the scientific work of Karl
Lashley. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 38, 255-257.

334.  Dewsbury, D. A. (2003). Comparative psychology. In I. B. Weiner (Ed.) Handbook of
Psychology. Vol. 1: History of Psychology (vol. ed. D. K. Freedheim pp. 67-84). New York: Wiley.

335. Dewsbury, D. A. (2003). Charles Henry Turner, Scientist. In C. I. Abramson, L. D. Jackson,
& C. L. Fuller (Eds.) Selected papers and biography of Charles Henry Turner (1967-1923),pioneer of
comparative, animal behavior studies (pp. 1-17). Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.

336. Dewsbury, D. A. (2003). James Rowland Angell: Born administrator. In G. A. Kimble & M.
Wertheimer (Eds.) Portraits of pioneers in psychology v. 5 (pp. 57-71). Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.

337. Dewsbury, D. A. (2003). The Conference on Reproductive Behavior: A History. Hormones and
Behavior, 43. 465-473.

338. Dewsbury, D. A. (2003, summer). Dorothy A. Rethlingshafer (1900-1969):
Experimental Psychologist. The Feminist Psychologist, 30(3), 21-22.

339.     Dewsbury, D. A. (2003). The 1973 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine: Recognition for behavioral science? American Psychologist, 58, 747-752.

340.  Dewsbury, D. A. (2003) Expanding visions: 1950s applications and extensions pf Skinner’s operant psychology. Behavior Analyst, 26, 233-234.

341. Dewsbury, D. A. (2003) Conflicting approaches: Operant psychology arrives at a primate laboratory.  The Behavior Analyst, 26,253-265.

342. Dewsbury, D. A. (2003). Archival adventures in the history of comparative psychology.  In D. Baker (Ed.), Thick description and fine texture: Studies in the history of psychology (pp. 143-161,211-215).  Akron, OH: University of Akron Press.

343. Dewsbury, D. A. (2004). Becoming big frogs in a small pond: On gaining eminence in comparative psychology. In T. C. Dalton and R. B. Evans (Eds.) The life cycle of psychological ideas: Understanding prominence and the dynamics of intellectual change (pp. 133-154). New York: Kluwer.   

344. Dewsbury, D. A. (2004). Donald Redfield Griffin (1915-2003). American Psychologist, 59, 266.

345. Dewsbury, D. A. (2005). Comparative psychology: A case study of development of support for basic research by a Federal agency with an applied mission 1948-1963. In W. E. Pickren and S. F. Schneider (Eds.) Psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health: A historical analysis of science, practice, and policy (pp. 31-60). Washington, DC: APA Books.

346.  Dewsbury, D. A. (2004). History of animal behavior studies.  In M. Bekoff (Ed.) Encyclopedia of animal behavior vol. 2, pp. 624-632 Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

346a.   Dewsbury, D. A. (2004). Frisch, Karl von.  In M. Bekoff (Ed.) Encyclopedia of animal behavior vol. 2, p. 602 Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

346b.   Dewsbury, D. A. (2004). Lorenz, Konrad Z. .  In M. Bekoff (Ed.) Encyclopedia of animal behavior vol. 2, p. 725 Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

346c.  Dewsbury, D. A. (2004). Tinbergen,  Nikolaas.  In M. Bekoff (Ed.) Encyclopedia of animal behavior vol. 3, p. 1051 Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

346d.  Dewsbury, D. A. (2004). A visit with Niko and Lies Tinbergen.  In M. Bekoff (Ed.) Encyclopedia of animal behavior vol. 3, p. 624-632 Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
 
347. Staddon, J., & Dewsbury, D. A. (2005). Nancy K. Innis. History of Psychology, 8, 218-222.

348.  Dewsbury, D. A. (2005). Founders of the Animal Behavior Society. Animal Behavior Society Newsletter, 50(4), 4-5.

349.  Dewsbury, D. A. (2005). The Darwin-Bateman paradigm in historical context. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45, 831-837.     

350. Dewsbury, D. A. (2005). Merle E. Meyer (1928-2005). American Psychologist, 60, 1034.

351. Dewsbury, D. A. (2006). The Lashley Award.  Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. 15, 111-128.

352.   Dewsbury, D. A. (2006). Niko Tinbergen: Nobel-Prize-Winning Ethologist. In D. A.  Dewsbury, L. T. Benjamin, L. T., Jr., and M. Wertheimer  (Eds.)  Portraits of pioneers in psychology.  Vol. 6. ( pp. 238-252). Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association. 

352a. Dewsbury, D. A. (2006, June 15). New book details ‘Monkey Farm’ s’ history in OP.  Clay Today, 36 (24), A14-A15.

353. Dewsbury, D. A. (2007).  Plenary addresses at the meetings of the Animal Behavior Society: A history. Animal Behavior Society Newsletter, 52(1), 4-5.

 

354. Dewsbury, D. A. (2007). The history of Division 6: Presidential addresses. The Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist, 22(3), 10-12.

 

355. Dewsbury, D. A. (2007).  Beach, Frank Ambrose, Jr. In N. Koertge (ed.) New Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. I, pp. 220-224. Farmington Hills, MI: Scribner’s..

 

356. Dewsbury, D. A.  (2008, Fall) General Psychology and General Psychologists: What Are We, Who Are We, and Where are We Going? The General Psychologist, 43,(2), 42-46..

 

357. Bradshaw, G. L. & Dewsbury, D. A. (2008). Catherine Hayes Nissen (1921-2008). American Psychologist, 63, 622..

 

358. Dewsbury, D. A. (2009). Origins of behavior genetics: the role of the Jackson Laboratory. Behavior Genetics, 39, 1-5..

 

359. Dewsbury, D. A. (2008). Reflections of a Departing Division Historian/Archivist. The Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist, 23(3), 5-8.

 

360. Dewsbury, D. A. (2009). Charles Darwin and Psychology at the Bicentennial and Sesquicentennial: An Introduction. American Psychologist, 64, 67-74.

 

361. Dewsbury, D. A. (2009). Samuel Fernberger’s rejected doctoral dissertation: A neglected resource for the history of ape research in America.. History of Psychology, 12, 1-6.

           

 Dewsbury, D. A. (in press).  Early research on the acquisition of skill in archery by Karl S. Lashley and John B. Watson.  In C.D. Green & L. T. Benjamin, Jr. Psychology gets in the game: A prehistory of sport psychology.  Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

 

Wertheimer, M., & Dewsbury, D. A.  The Society for General Psychology, Division One of the APA In I. Weiner & E. Craighead (Eds.)  The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology (4th ed.). New York: Wiley, in press.

 

Dewsbury, D. A. Animal psychology. In J. Moore & M. Breed  (eds.)(vol. I, History of Animal Behavior L. Drickamer Section ed.) Encylopedia of Animal Behavior,  Elsevier, In press.