She was a naturalist, a world class dog breeder, and beloved by generations of Mount Holyoke Students who went on to teach and write in psychology. The main building for the Department of Psychology and Education was designed and built in 1965-66 under the close supervision of members of the Department. The building consists of offices, lecture and seminar rooms, education curriculum library, laboratories, computer facilities, vivarium space, and a complex of shops for the construction of laboratory and teaching apparatus. The Gorse Child Study Center was designed and built in 1952 and is located on the south side of the college campus. It is the laboratory school for the Department and contains a school for young children ages three to six.
All programs meet five days a week.
Observation booths located within the school provide students with the opportunity to observe the children in the classrooms. Psychology 331 students assist the classroom teachers, while observing and analyzing the social dynamics of the classroom and the development of individual children. Observational opportunities are available for students enrolled in Psychology 100, and 230. The Education Curriculum Library is housed in Room 304. This library offers students access to audio visual materials and equipment, computer software, mathematics and science materials, textbooks, a small collection of children's literature, teaching periodicals and applied texts on methodology and curriculum.