Amy Tanner
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Amy Eliza Tanner (March 21, 1870 – February 1, 1956) was an American psychologist who became well known for discrediting the then-famous medium Leonora Piper after Tanner was allowed to attend six séances with a fellow researcher.
Biography
Tanner was born in Owatonna, Minnesota.[1] She earned a doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1898, finishing magna cum laude.[2] Following her graduation from the University of Chicago, and unable to find employment elsewhere, she worked as an associate at the university's philosophy department. Four years later, she became a professor of philosophy at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.[3]
Although she had earned her Ph.D. in philosophy, her interests and her work led her to psychology and social psychology. Her unpublished dissertation was titled Association of Ideas: A Preliminary Study, and she published her subsequent research in psychology journals.[2]
In 1907, Tanner became an "Honorary University Fellow" at Clark University, a position she held until 1916. While at Clark University, she investigated mediumship with the psychologist G. Stanley Hall. She published her findings as sole author in the book Studies in Spiritism (1910) which documented the tests she and Hall had carried out in the séance sittings held with the medium Leonora Piper. Hall and Tanner had proven by tests that the "personalities" of Piper were fictitious creations and not discarnate spirits.[4]
She left Clark (and academic work) in 1919, and remained in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was the director of the Worcester Girls Club for many years and represented the local Woman's Club on the Worcester Censorship Board. She purchased the Majestic Theater in Worcester in 1919 and operated it for a few years. She died on February 1, 1956.[5]
Selected publications
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Studies in Spiritism. New York/London: D. Appleton & Company. 1910. OCLC 504458472.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Philosophy of Loyalty by Josiah Royce". The American Journal of Psychology. 19 (3): 409–412. July 1908. doi:10.2307/1413202. JSTOR 1413202.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Etudes d'Histoire et de Psychologie du Mysticisme, Les grands mystiques chrétiens by Henri Delacroix". The American Journal of Psychology. 19 (3): 412–413. July 1908. doi:10.2307/1413203. hdl:2027/mdp.39015065943329. JSTOR 1413203.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Inward Light by H. Fielding Hall". The American Journal of Psychology. 19 (3): 413–414. July 1908. doi:10.2307/1413204. JSTOR 1413204.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tanner, Amy E. (1907). "An Illustration of the Psychology of Belief". Psychological Bulletin. 4 (2): 33–36. doi:10.1037/h0073712.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tanner, Amy E. (July 1907). "Glimpses at the Mind of a Waitress". American Journal of Sociology. 13 (1): 48–55. doi:10.1086/211561. S2CID 144324152.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Child: His Thinking, Feeling, and Doing. Chicago: Rand McNally. 1904. OCLC 1031797494 – via Google Books.
- "Association of Ideas: A Preliminary Study." Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago, Chicago. (1900)
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cattell, James McKeen; Cattell, Jaques; Ross, Edna Elizabeth (1941). Leaders in Education. Lancaster, PA: The Science Press. p. 989. OCLC 1515467.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Carroll, Robert Todd (2011). "Amy Tanner (1870–1956)". The Skeptic's Dictionary. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Young, Jacy L. (2010). "Profile - Amy Tanner". Psychology's Feminist Voices. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tanner, Amy Eliza (1910). Studies in Spiritism. New York/London: D. Appleton & Company. OCLC 504458472.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dr. Amy Tanner's Funeral Saturday". Worcester Telegram. February 3, 1956.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Diehl, Lesley A. (1991). "Theodate Smith and Amy Tanner: Child Savers of Clark University". Journal of Genetic Psychology. 152 (3): 273–287. doi:10.1080/00221325.1991.9914685. PMID 1797978.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pettit, Michael (2008). "The New Woman as "tied-up dog": Amy E. Tanner's Situated Knowledges". History of Psychology. 11 (3): 145–163. doi:10.1037/1093-4510.11.3.145. PMID 19048974.
- Psychological Bulletin: An Illustration of the Psychology of Belief by Amy E. Tanner, February 15, 1907.
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