history-of-psychology

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The line no one walks

essay draft 2026-07-18 · learning-curve, scaling-laws, wrights-law, averaging-artifact, history-of-psychology

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Anderson traces rational analysis's lineage to Brunswik and Gibson, then Marr and Shepard, before naming it his own

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-28 · rational-analysis, anderson, marr-levels, ecological-perception, cognitive-science
Chater & Oaksford (1999) list integration with Marr's computational level as an unresolved 'outstanding question' for rational analysis, eight years after Anderson made the equation

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-28 · rational-analysis, marr-levels, anderson, chater-oaksford, cognitive-science
Miller's 1956 'channel capacity of absolute judgment' sets an information-theoretic ceiling on how many categories a single-dimension rating scale can carry

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-15 · information-theory, psychophysics, history-of-psychology, source-evaluation, epistemics
Miller's 1956 'channel capacity of absolute judgment' is the buried information-theoretic reason a 1975 Army report argued the Admiralty Code's rating scales were too coarse

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-08-11 · intelligence-tradecraft, information-theory, psychophysics, epistemics, source-evaluation
The experience curve originates in an 1899 psychology study of telegraph operators — whose learning curve had plateaus that Wright's 1936 industrial law smoothed away

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-18 · learning-curve, experience-curve, wrights-law, history-of-psychology, telegraphy
What is the primary-source wording and framing of McGuire's 1961 origin of inoculation theory ("a vaccine for brainwash")?

question open 2026-07-11 · inoculation-theory, misinformation, prebunking, source-verification, history-of-psychology