LevelFile
Ref NoBPS/004/1/01
TitleKing's College Department of Psychology Unpublished Research Under Professor Aveling 1925-1936
Date1925-1936
Extent1 volume
Physical Description1 bound volume, label loose, and block partially detached from spine.
DescriptionBound volume of thirty typescript pages and loose handwritten notes summarising psychological research at King's College London put together by Allan G Caws, demonstrator at King's College later at Birkbeck College
Includes
1. 'The Effects of Volition and Affective States Upon Muscular Work' Reginald P R Westgate July 1934
2. The Perception of Tachistoscopically Exposed Letters' Allan G Caws July 1933
3. The Psychology of Evidence' Norman G M Prichard [1930]
4. An Experimental Study of the Frustration of Will-Acts and Conation Howard L Philip November 1932
5. Distribution of Blood During Volitional Activity - M F Lowe June 1934
6. The Influence of Affection Upon Visual Perception - Saidulla
7. The Influence of Conation Upon Mental and Manual Operations - J W Caughey [1929]
8. The Automatization of Voluntary Movements - Maung Hla Bu [1934]
9. The Measurement of Conation - Raphael Charles McCarthy [published Loyola Press1926]
10. Retentivity in the Special Senses - Elsa Hopkins Walters [1929]
11. The Influence of Volition Upon cognition of Visual Items, Relations and Correlates - Edith O Mercer [1935]
12. Perseveration, Perseverance, character and Intelligence - Stanley Greenaway Raine June 1935
13. Mental Tests Used in Genetic Studies - John C Raven June 1936
14. The Effect of Time Interval on Recall - Valentine Norah Hall June 1936
FormatBound Volume
NotesThe 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.
Previously in London University Library class 9 17 Stock number 10280
LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialRAVE/1 Papers of John C Raven includes first experimental set of matrices given to Psychology students at a lecture (King's College London) 03 December 1935
PHO/001/01/17 Photograph of Francis Aveling
PHO/001/01/491 Photograph of William George Smith
RelatedRecordRAVE/1
PHO/001/01/17
AccessStatusOpen
Location13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London
AdminHistoryIn 1900 William George Smith became the first lecturer in experimental psychology in 1900. He was succeed in 1903 by C S Myers. Psychology was part of the Physiology Department. Three years later Myers was awarded a Chair and a separate Department of Psychology was founded. Myers moved to Cambridge in 1909.

In 1922 Francis Aveling (1875-1941) became a reader in psychology and then held the Chair between1932 and 1941. He was President of the British Psychological Society 1926-1929
RulesDescription compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000
ArchNoteCompiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre.
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