Dollard and Miller Outline
Dollard and Miller Stimulus Response Theory
Gonzales, Mona Lynn
I. Biography
A. John Dollard
1. Life
* Born in Wisconsin in 1900. * His Mother was a school teacher. * His father was a railroad engineer * His father died in a train wreck when Dollard was still a small child. * Despite growing up without a father, Dollard did well in school. * He did his undergraduate work at the University of Chicago, where he was awarded a doctorate in 1931. * He also studied psychoanalysis at the Berlin Institute. * Dollard taught anthropology at Yale University for a year, and then joined the new Institute of Human Relations, which was interdisciplinary in focus. * Besides anthropology, he also taught psychology and sociology and for many years was a research associate. * Retired from Yale in 1969 for being a professor emeritus. * Died in 1980.
2. Works
* Dollard researched the sociological issues of race relations and social class. * He also explored biographical analyses, suggesting what should be included in biographical materials to permit sound psychological studies. * Researched various topics related to sociology and culture, as well as psychoanalysis. * He stated that, “Sociological variables, such as social class, influence a person’s particular learning experiences.”
B. Neal E. Miller
1. Life
* Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 3, 1909. * An American psychologist. * His first wife is Marion E. Edwards whom he married and had 2 children York and Sara in 1948 and who died in 1997. * Survived by his second wife, Jean Shepler with their 2 children. * He received a B.S. degree from the University of Washington in 1931. * An M.A. from Stanford University (1932). * A Ph. D. degree in psychology from Yale University (1935), 30 years in faculty. * At Yale, he studied learning theory from Clark Hull, whose concepts of drive reduction
Gonzales, Mona Lynn
I. Biography
A. John Dollard
1. Life
* Born in Wisconsin in 1900. * His Mother was a school teacher. * His father was a railroad engineer * His father died in a train wreck when Dollard was still a small child. * Despite growing up without a father, Dollard did well in school. * He did his undergraduate work at the University of Chicago, where he was awarded a doctorate in 1931. * He also studied psychoanalysis at the Berlin Institute. * Dollard taught anthropology at Yale University for a year, and then joined the new Institute of Human Relations, which was interdisciplinary in focus. * Besides anthropology, he also taught psychology and sociology and for many years was a research associate. * Retired from Yale in 1969 for being a professor emeritus. * Died in 1980.
2. Works
* Dollard researched the sociological issues of race relations and social class. * He also explored biographical analyses, suggesting what should be included in biographical materials to permit sound psychological studies. * Researched various topics related to sociology and culture, as well as psychoanalysis. * He stated that, “Sociological variables, such as social class, influence a person’s particular learning experiences.”
B. Neal E. Miller
1. Life
* Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 3, 1909. * An American psychologist. * His first wife is Marion E. Edwards whom he married and had 2 children York and Sara in 1948 and who died in 1997. * Survived by his second wife, Jean Shepler with their 2 children. * He received a B.S. degree from the University of Washington in 1931. * An M.A. from Stanford University (1932). * A Ph. D. degree in psychology from Yale University (1935), 30 years in faculty. * At Yale, he studied learning theory from Clark Hull, whose concepts of drive reduction
Bibliography: Theories of Stimulus Response, By Don Rainwater, eHow Contributor. Miller, N.E., & Dollard, J. (1941). Social learning and imitation. New Haven: Yale University Press. Dollard, J. (1949). Criteria for the life history: With analyses of six notable documents. New York: Peter Smith. Dollard, J. (1957). Caste and class in a southern town (3rd ed.). Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor. (Original work published 1937) Dollard, J., & Miller, N. E. (1950). Personality and psychotherapy: An analysis in terms of learning, thinking, and culture. New York: McGraw-Hill. Dollard, J., Miller, N. E., Doob, L. W., Mowrer, O. H., Sears, r. R., et al. (1939). Frustration and aggression. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Cloninger, S. (2004). Theories of Personality: Understanding Persons, Fourth Edition Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, Pearson Prentice Hall. Personality Psychology – PSY 405; page 143-150, Virtual University of Pakistan.