ABSTRACT
Rival schools have succeeded one another in quick succession, one coming into fashion as the other goes out. The influence of schools of psychology is always complex. Piaget, for instance, is currently perhaps the most respected name. The best example of all of the influence of fashion is the intelligence test. It first came into prominence in the First World War, when psychologists in the US Army showed how useful I.Q. scores could be for sorting raw recruits in terms of their potentialities. Fashion may induce a complete turnabout—some people may feel a sense of shame if they do not adopt the new. Fashion embodies a short-lived Utopianism; if it did not, the usual opposition of the entrenched traditionalists might not be overcome. Fashion certainly influences educational practice. The examples show that educational psychology, itself subject to fashion, has created further fashion-waves which have influenced educational research as well.
