George Windholz

prepared by W. Jeffrey Wilson, Secretary/Treasurer, Pavlovian Society

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(Please see a Tribute to George Windholz prepared by John Furedy and read at the annual meeting of the Pavlovian Society, September 27, 2003.)

George Windholz, a long-time member of the Pavlovian Society and one of the world's foremost scholars of Pavlov passed away in the fall of 2002.  At the time of his death he was Professor Emeritus of psychology at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. 

Dr. Windholz wrote the entry on Pavlov in the APA's Encyclopedia of Psychology.  He presented several interesting historical papers at the Society's annual meetings, and published frequently in the Society's journals (see a compilation of his articles below; the title of the Society journal appears in bold font).  He was described by John Furedy as "a real historian in the sense that he focused much more on his subject than his own experiences." 

Published writings of George Windholz

compiled from a search of PsycINFO on June 19, 2003 by W. J. Wilson, Secretary/Treasurer

• Windholz, George, & Lamal, P. A. (2002). Koehler's insight revisited. In: Griggs, Richard A.; Ed; Handbook for teaching introductory psychology. 3, 80-81; Mahwah, NJ, US : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Windholz, George. (2001). Karl Marx's paranoid ideation in the Communist Manifesto.  Imagination, Cognition & Personality 20, 257-273.
• Grimsley, Douglas L., &  Windholz, George. (2000). The neurophysiological aspects of Pavlov's theory of higher nervous activity: In honor of the 150th anniversary of Pavlov's birth. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 9, 152-163.
• Windholz, George. (1999). Soviet psychiatrists under Stalinist duress: The design for a "new Soviet psychiatry" and its demise.  History of Psychiatry 10(39, Pt 3), 329-347.
• Windholz, George, Protopopov's ideas on habit formation and their relation to the Pavlovian theory of higher nervous activity. American Journal of Psychology, 112, 437-448.
• Windholz, George, & Hernandez, Jean-Maurice. (1998), Fantasy in a scientist, an Adlerian interpretation.  Imagination, Cognition & Personality, 18, 95-105.
• Windholz, George. (1998). Pavlov's conceptualization of voluntary movements within the framework of the theory of higher nervous activity. American Journal of Psychology 111, 435-443.
• Windholz, George. (1997). Pavlov and the mind-body problem. Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science 32, 149-159.
• Windholz, George. (1997). Ivan P. Pavlov: An overview of his life and psychological work. American Psychologist. 52, 941-946.
• Windholz, George. (1996). Carl Ludwig Schleich, a scientist as a pseudoscientist: A psychological explanation. Imagination, Cognition & Personality 16, 83-88.
• Windholz, George, & Wyrwicka, Wanda (1996). Pavlov's position toward Konorski and Miller's distinction between Pavlovian and motor conditioning paradigms. Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science, 31, 338-349.
• Windholz, George. (1996). Hypnosis and inhibition as viewed by Heidenhain and Pavlov. Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science, 31, 155-162.
• Windholz, George. (1996). Pavlov's conceptualization of the dynamic stereotype in the theory of higher nervous activity.  American Journal of Psychology, 109, 287-295.
• Windholz, George. (1996). Pavlov's conceptualization of paranoia within the theory of higher nervous activity.  History of Psychiatry, 7, 159-166.
• Windholz, George. (1995). Pavlov on the conditioned reflex method and its limitations.  American Journal of Psychology, 108, 575-588.
• Windholz, George. (1995). Emmanuil S. Enchmen: A soviet behaviorist and the commonality of zeitgeist. Psychological Record,  45, 517-533.
• Windholz, George. (1995). Psychiatric treatment and the condition of the mentally disturbed at Berlin's Charite in the early decades of the nineteenth century. History of Psychiatry, 6, 157-176.
• Windholz, George. (1995). The Pavlovian "principle of strength."  Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science, 30, 228-236.
• Windholz, George. (1995). Pavlov's position on old age within the framework of the theory of the higher nervous activity. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 40, 89-102.
• Windholz, George. (1993). Pavlov's concept of schizophrenia as related to the theory of higher nervous activity.  History of Psychiatry, 4, 511-526.
• Windholz, George, &  Lamal, P. A. (1993). Vagaries of science; priority, independent discovery, and the quest for recognition. Psychological Record, 43, 339-350.
• Windholz, George. (1993). I.P. Pavlov vs. N.I. Bukharin: The critical mind and the arrogance of power.  Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science,  28, 143-150.
• Windholz, G., & Witherspoon, L. H. (1993). Sleep as a cure for schizophrenia: A historical episode.  History of Psychiatry, 4, 83-93.
• Windholz, George. (1992). Pavlov's conceptualization of learning. American Journal of Psychology, 105, 459-469.
• Windholz, George, &  Grimsley, Douglas L. (1992). Pavlov's position on the effects of decortication on conditional reflexes.  Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science, 27, 170-181.
• Windholz, George. (1991). Schilder and Pavlov's theory of higher nervous activity: A critique and apologia. Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science, 26, 248-258.
• Windholz, George. (1991). I. P. Pavlov as a youth. Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science, 26, 51-67.
• Windholz, George. (1990).  Pavlov, psychoanalysis, and neuroses. Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 25, 48-53.
• Windholz, George, & Kuppers, James R. (1990).  Pavlov and the Nobel Prize award. Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science,  25, 155-162.
• Windholz, George. (1990). The second signal system as conceived by Pavlov and his disciples.  Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 25, 163-173.
• Windholz, George. (1990). Pavlov and the Pavlovians in the laboratory. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 26, 64-74.
• Windholz, George. (1989). The discovery of the principles of reinforcement, extinction, generalization, and differentiation of conditional reflexes in Pavlov's laboratories. Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 24, 35-42.
• Windholz, George, &  Kuppers, J. R. (1988). Pavlov and the Rockefeller Foundation.  Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 23, 107-110.
• Windholz, George (1987).  Pavlov's conceptualization of unconditional reflexes, or instincts, within the framework of the theory of higher nervous activity. Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science,  22, 123-131.
• Windholz, George. (1987). Pavlov as a psychologist: A reappraisal.  Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 22, 103-112.
• Windholz, George. (1987).  The explicitly stated rationale for the involuntary commitment of the mentally ill given by the nineteenth-century German-speaking psychiatrists. Psychological Medicine, 17, 291-295.
• Windholz, George. (1986). Pavlov's religious orientation.  Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 25, 320-327.
• Windholz, George;, & Lamal, P. A (1986). Priority in the classical conditioning of children.  Teaching of Psychology, 13, 192-195.
• Windholz, George. (1986).  A comparative analysis of the conditional reflex discoveries of Pavlov and Twitmyer, and the birth of a paradigm. Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 21, 141-147.
• Windholz, George, &  Lamal, Peter A. (1986). Pavlov and the concept of association. Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 21, 12-15.
• Windholz, George, & Lamal, P. A. (1985). Koehler's insight revisited. Teaching of Psychology, 12, 165-167.
• Windholz, George. (1985).  Psychiatric commitments of religious dissenters in Tsarist and Soviet Russia: Two case studies. Psychiatry: Journal for the Study of Interpersonal Processes, 48, 329-340.
• Windholz, George. (1984). Pavlov and the demise of the influence of Gestalt psychology in the Soviet Union. Psychological Research, 46, 187-206.
• Windholz, George. (1984). Pavlov vs. Koehler: Pavlov's little-known primate research. Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science,  19, 23-31.
• Windholz, George. (1983). Pavlov's position toward American behaviorism. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 19, 394-407.
• Windholz, George. (1983). B. F. Skinner's design of culture: A lesson, its pitfalls, and hopes. International Journal of Group Tensions, 8(3-sup-4), 5-17.
• Schmeidler, Gertrude, & Windholz, George. (1976). Sex roles and the subjective: A cross-cultural test. Signs, 2, 207-212.
• Schmeidler, Gertrude, & Windholz, George. (1972). A nonverbal indicator of attitudes: I. Data from Thailand. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 3, 383-394.
• Windholz, George. (1970). Dissatisfaction and sensation-seeking as related to frequency of daydreaming reported by male subjects. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 30, 892-894.
• Windholz, George. (1969). Discrepancy of self and ideal-self and frequency of hero, sexual and hostile daydreams reported by males. Psychological Reports, 25, 136-138.
• Windholz, George. (1968). Discrepancy of self and ideal-self and frequency of daydreams reported by male subjects. Psychological Reports, 23, 1121-1122.
• Windholz, George. (1968). The relation of creativity and intelligence constellations to traits of temperament, interest, and value in college students.  Journal of General Psychology, 79, 291-299.
• Windholz, George. (1967). Divergent and convergent abilities of semantic content as related to some personality traits of college students.  Educational & Psychological Measurement, 27, 1015-1023.
• Windholz, George, & McIntosh, William A.  (1967). Concurrent validation of Guilford's six convergent tests. Educational & Psychological Measurement, 27, 393-400.

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