James Rowland Angell ( May 8, 1869 , Burlington , Vermont - March 4, 1949 , Handen , Connecticut ) is an American psychologist and teacher , a student of John Dewey , one of the leaders of the American branch of functional psychology .
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| Birth name | James Rowland Angell |
| Date of Birth | August 5, 1869 |
| Place of Birth | Burlington (Vermont) |
| Date of death | April 3, 1949 (aged 79) |
| Place of death | Handen ( Connecticut ) |
| A country |  USA |
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| Direction | functional psychology |
| Core interests | Psychology |
| Influenced | John Dewey |
| Influenced | Louis Leon Thurstone |
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Creative Biography
The father of James Rowland Angell, James Burill Angell ( English James Burrill Angell , 1829 - 1916 ) for a long time held the honorary position of President of the University of Vermont ( 1866 - 1871 ) and the University of Michigan ( 1871 - 1909 ).
James Rowland Angell studied at the University of Michigan, where he received a master 's degree under the supervision of John Dewey.
He continued his psychological education at Harvard University , and then at the universities of Berlin and Halle .
In 1904, James Angell published his work “An Introductory Study of the Structure and Functions of Human Consciousness”, which was a programmatic declaration for the entire further development of functional psychology [1] .
In 1921 he was elected the 14th president of Yale University ( 1921 - 1937 ).
Elected full member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( 1932 ).
In 1906 , James Rowland Angell was elected the 15th (and youngest ever) president of the American Psychological Association .
One of Angell's students is the founder of behaviorism John Brodes Watson .
Published Books and Articles
- Psychology: An Introductory Study of the Structure and Function of Human Consciousness
- Chapters from Modern Psychology
- “The Influence of Darwin on Psychology” (part of a larger collection, Darwinism: Critical Reviews from Dublin Review, Edinburgh Review, Quarterly Review )
- "The Evolution of Intelligence" (part of a larger collection, The Evolution of Man: A Series of Lectures Delivered before the Yale Chapter of the Sigma XI during the Academic Year 1921-1922 )
See also
- Psychology
- Experimental psychology
- Functional psychology
- American Psychological Association
Notes
Literature
- Angell, JR (1936). James Rowland Angell. In Carl Murchison (Ed.), A History of Psychology in Autobiography (Vol. 3, pp. 1–38). Worcester, MA: Clark University Press.
- Arnold, F. (1907) Untitled [Review of the article: The Province of Functional Psychology]. The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods , 4, 276-277.
- Dewsbury, D. (2003). James Rowland Angell, Born administor. In GA Kimble & M. Wertheimer (Eds.), Portraits of pioneers in psychology (vol. 5). APA & LE
- Hergenhahn, BR (2009). An Introduction to the history of psychology. Belmont: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
- Kelley, Brooks Mather. (1999). Yale: A History. New Haven: Yale University Press . ISBN 0-300-07843-9 : ISBN 978-0-300-07843-5 ; OCLC 810552
- Kneessi, DF (2002). Datelines: james rowland angell. Retrieved from
- Thilly, F. (1905) Untitled. [Review of the book: Psychology: An Introductory Study of the Structure and Function of Human Consciousness]. The Philosophical Review , 14, 481–487.