Calvin Perry Stone (1892 - 1954)

C.P. Stone received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota while studying under Karl Lashley. Stone’s main interest was comparative and physiological psychology. His work with animals included a focus on instincts, learning, maturation, and the effects of electroconvulsive shock. While teaching at Stanford in 1923, Stone offered the first course on Freudian psychology as part of the regular curriculum at an American university.

 

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