| Level | Item |
| Ref No | AUD/002/OHP 02 |
| Title | Gale, Anthony - Recording |
| Site | Anthony Gale's study at home in Hampshire. |
| Date | 5 February 2005 |
| Extent | 2-Audio Cassettes |
| Description | Audio cassette sound recording [converted to MP3] of an interview with Anthony Gale (1937-2006), CPsychol, Hon. FBPsS, Hon.Life Member BPS, President BPS 1989-1990, FRSA, University of Portsmouth for the British Psychological Society's Oral History Project.
The interview was conducted by Sarah Clark in 2005.
The following summary is by way of introduction to the full recording held at the British Psychological Society's History of Psychology Centre, London.
Performers:
Anthony Gale (AG) Interviewee
Sarah Clark (SC) Interviewer
Topics:
Four sides
Side A:
c 47 mins
AG speaks of early experiences leading to his interest in psychology, his early schooldays, options for psychology studies at school.
AG then talks of his college studies at Exeter, PGCE studies, his research assistant's job, his Assistant Lecturer position at Exeter and early career experiences
AG talks of his empirical work in the 1970s before taking up the Chair at Southampton
AG speaks of his collaboration with students and his involvement with the early formation of a Group of Psychology Technicians
AG gives his views on Psychophysiology, studies on Dreams, brain techniques, cross-cultural collaborations, physiology, cognitive notions, Freud's theories, psychiatric diagnosis of schizophrenia, coherent theory, brain stimuli, localisation functions, double disassociation issues, media psychology and issues with polygraphs
AG returns to his early career and talks of his family and career in educational psychology, his PGCE course at Swansea in 1963, his placement in Swansea schools and professional issues for Educational psychology and psychologists in schools.
Side A ends.
Side B:
c 48mins
AG speaks of a meeting between the BPS and Heads of Departments at Brown's Hotel, BPS accreditation, funding for psychology at Universities, the benefits of biological practicals at Bournemouth University, his association with the BPS, the honours system, issues with the British Academy, how the influence of psychology should be better amplified, and the need for a Research Council in Psychology.
AG continues to speak of his relationship with the BPS, his service on BPS conference committee, his BPS conference organisation resulting in a profit at BPS Annual Conference in Exeter (1969), his nominations for various appointments within the BPS, London centric attitude of BPS, offered to be Honorary Secretary but Head of Department did not want him to take it, BPS London conference and his views on conferences in general
AG is asked by SC for his influences and AG mentions; Richard Lynn, Leslie Reid, Donald Broadbent, Hans Eysenck, B.F.Skinner ( whom he met with at Exeter) before talking of a few larger-than-life psychologists
AG relates a few tales against himself and proceeds to talk of his teaching experiences, his own intelligence rating, family therapy sessions, and family interaction theories leading to his observational work on office technical systems
AG then speaks of his past PhD students, changes in academic life, current pressure and research funding.
Side B ends.
Side C:
c 51mins
AG continues to speak on academic life, the pressure on university departments, teaching methods, student assessments and research methods
AG then gives his views on personality psychology, funding for child research, psychometric tests in schools and the use of psychology for teaching
AG then expresses his regret at not working in a top Department or abroad and mention his cancer diagnosis in 2001 and how psychology has helped him then talks of his medication, and treatment
AG returns to the BPS and speaks of his suggestion that BPS offices should be set up in Cardiff, Belfast and Brussels, Ingrid Lunt's influence in Europe, new BPS sections and the origin of tests
AG when asked by SC for his main contributions mentions measuring personality, current research in using social situations to measure personality and the way psychology is taught before mentioning his unique dual award of BPS Honorary Fellowship and Honorary Membership
AG then speaks of his work at Exeter, Cardiff, Southampton, Bournemouth, talented women in psychology and science, his suggestion of a BPS Institute of a Psychology in London, psychologists in the media, media training, BPS PR at Annual Conference,; appointment of Editor of The Psychologist, his resignation from BPS Council 2004, resignation of BPS President-Elect, functional set-up of BPS, NHS clinical psychologists and clinical psychology training.
Side C ends.
Side D:
c 13mins
AG talks of the use of psychology in schools, psychology as a subject in universities, psychology and psychologists in general, thoughts on potential interviewees for the project, doctorates and BPS diploma courses, his own exam experiences, assessments and his own bright students.
Side D ends.
Note: Poor quality recording.
Total Running time: c 161 mins
Note:
Tony Gale's Obituary was published in The Psychologist, December 2006.
Summary by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist. |
| RunTime | On two C90 cassettes, running time c 161 minutes |
| Format | Digital Disk |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/001/6/01/03 BPS London Conference |
| RelatedRecord | PHO/001/03/01/08/04 |
| PHO/001/03/01/08/16 |
| PHO/001/01/191 |
| BPS/001/6/01/03 |
| AccessConditions | Authorised Users. View by Appointment |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| Term | Educational psychology |
| Intelligence tests |
| Intelligence |
| Psychology education |
| AdminHistory | Date of Birth: 23/04/1937
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 22/08/2006
University Qualifications and Professional Training:
University of Exeter, BA Philosophy and Psychology 1963
University of Swansea, Diploma Education 1964
University of Exeter, PhD 1984
University of Luton, Honorary Doctorate 1998
Professional Career:
Research Assistant MRC 1964-1965
Assistant Lecturer, University of Exeter 1965-1966
Lecturer, University of Exeter 1967-1969
Lecturer in Personality Theory, University College, Swansea 1970-1971
Senior Lecturer in Applied Psychology, UWIST, Cardiff 1972-1976
Professor of Psychology, University of Southampton 1976-1994
Head of Department of Psychology, University of Southampton 1977-1981
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, 1978-1981
Public Orator, University of Southampton, 1984-1988
Head of Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, 1988-1992
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, 1992-1994
Visiting Professor, University of Southampton, 1994-1995
Visiting Professor, University of Luton, 1994-1996
Director of Research and Development, Dept.of Psychology, University of Portsmouth (part-time), 1995-1997
Emeritus Professor, University of Southampton, 1995
Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Portsmouth (part-time)
Emeritus Professor, University of Portsmouth, 2002
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations:
Fellow of the BPS, 1974
Honorary Life Member Psychology Technicians Association, 1980
Honorary Life Member BPS, 1992
C.S.Myers Lecture BPS, 1996
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, 1996
Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Luton, 1998
Elected Honorary Fellow BPS, 2001
BPS Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Teaching of Psychology, 2002
Elected and Academician of the Academy of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences (ALSISS), 2002
Honorary Life Member British Psychophysiology Society, 2003 |
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| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Mike Maskill BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |