The teaching of psychology at the University of South Carolina (USC) began with a course in moral philosophy in 1805. During the preCivil War period a Jeffersonian utilitarianism inhibited the expansion of philosophy instruction. Later, the impoverished economic situation in the state retarded the development of psychology. Only after World War II and society's expectation of services from psychologists did the field grow The history of psychology at USC paralleled similar developments at another southern institution, the University of Tennessee.
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