TY - JOUR
T1 - Magda B. Arnold's life and work in context
AU - Shields, Stephanie A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Mooseheart Symposium on Feelings and Emotions, so named because it was funded by The Loyal Order of the Moose and held at Mooseheart and the University of Chicago in 1948, was a watershed of mid-century emotion research. Like many other national fraternal organisations, one of the benevolent projects of the Loyal Order of the Moose was care for orphaned children. Mooseheart was the national orphanage of the society (Beito, 2000). Established in 1913, Mooseheart differed from comparable institutions in its size and ambitions. It was the largest orphanage sponsored by a fraternal organisation and it consisted of a self-contained community situated on over 1000 acres and reaching a maximum of over 1000 residents in 1921. It remained successful, and the population did not begin to decline until well into the 1940s, after the orphanage model had been replaced by the foster-care system. Through mandatory contributions made by Moose Lodge members, it amassed a large and comfortable endowment. Mooseheart was also unique in establishing a laboratory for child research, headed by developmental psychologist Martin Reymert (1883·1953). Set up in 1930, the laboratory attracted psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, and other academics who came to study a range of topics, including anorexia, bed wetting, childhood slang, and the effect of environment on IQ (Beito, 2000).
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - This paper provides a biographical and historical context for understanding and appreciating Magda B. Arnold's (1903-2002) theory and research on emotion. It situates Arnold's work in the context of mid-century emotion theory, the status of women psychologists, and pre-Cognitive Revolution psychology more generally. In considering Arnold's life and work, three themes stand out and deserve emphasis: (1) Arnold's lifelong passion and commitment to her project of grounding the psychology of emotion in brain processes; (2) the tensions and complementarities between her identity as a hardnosed scientist and a person of deep religious faith; and (3) the larger scientific and scholarly context within which her long and complex life and career unfolded.
AB - This paper provides a biographical and historical context for understanding and appreciating Magda B. Arnold's (1903-2002) theory and research on emotion. It situates Arnold's work in the context of mid-century emotion theory, the status of women psychologists, and pre-Cognitive Revolution psychology more generally. In considering Arnold's life and work, three themes stand out and deserve emphasis: (1) Arnold's lifelong passion and commitment to her project of grounding the psychology of emotion in brain processes; (2) the tensions and complementarities between her identity as a hardnosed scientist and a person of deep religious faith; and (3) the larger scientific and scholarly context within which her long and complex life and career unfolded.
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U2 - 10.1080/02699930600615827
DO - 10.1080/02699930600615827
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33750098882
SN - 0269-9931
VL - 20
SP - 902
EP - 919
JO - Cognition and Emotion
JF - Cognition and Emotion
IS - 7
ER -