TIME CAPSULE

1932

On Nov. 2, the city of Zurich, Switzerland, awarded Carl Jung a creative writing prize of 8,000 francs.

1940

The Conference on Morale, made up of delegates from APA, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Applied Psychology, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Society of Experimental Psychologists, and Psychometric Society, held the first formal meeting on Nov. 2 to plan psychology's response to World War II.

1982

Electroconvulsive shock therapy was banned on Nov. 2 in Berkeley, Calif., by a voter-approved ballot initiative measure. The courts later overturned the ban because it abridged the patient's right to treatment prescribed by his or her doctor.

1990

President Bush presented the National Medal of Science to psychologist John McCarthy on Nov. 13. McCarthy named and defined the field of artificial intelligence, developed the computer language LISP, and applied mathematical logic to computer programs that use common sense knowledge and reasoning.

Source: APA Historical Database, created and maintained by Warren R. Street, Central Washington University, and published as "A Chronology of Noteworthy Events in American Psychology" (APA, 1994).



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