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Calkins, Mary Whiton

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Calkins, Mary Whiton (1863–1930) psychologist; born in Hartford, Conn. She studied at Harvard and taught at Wellesley College (1887–1929). During the 1890s, she conducted research on memorization-by-association at Harvard and was influenced by William James. Often called "the first lady of psychology," she was a personality theorist who described the self as an integral unit that could be studied in its many variables.


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