Sarbin’s Way: Markers on a Long Career Pathway in Psychology

  • Karl E. Scheibe
  • Frank J. Barrett
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Abstract

It is easy to define the end of Ted Sarbin’s career in psychology—for he was an active voice in his profession until he died. It is not so easy to say with precision when his career in psychology began. Was it when Frank Stanton picked him out of his introductory psychology course in 1933? Was it his first-listed publication—a film on the pecking behavior of chicks (Sarbin, 1937)? Was it 1939, when he first joined the American Psychological Association (APA)? Or 1941, when he received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University? The precise date hardly matters. The point to note is that the young Ted Sarbin took to psychology early in his adult life and stayed with it with notable passion until the end. The pathway he traced in his psychological career was not a straight line, and along the way were some formidable obstacles as well as exciting adventures. Like his fictional hero, Don Quixote, his journey in psychology was animated by a rich imagination—with the courage to confront and challenge the windmills of the conventional psychological world.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Karl E. Scheibe
    • 1
  • Frank J. Barrett
    • 2
  1. 1.Wesleyan UniversityMiddletownUSA
  2. 2.Naval Postgraduate SchoolMontereyUSA

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