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Toru Watanabe

Born: September 7th, 1883 in Tajima town, Minami Aizu county, Fukushima prefecture
Died: January 12th, 1957


Education

  • Honorary Doctor of Literature (1957) Nihon University
  • Completed Graduate school at Tokyo Imperial University for five years
  • B.A. Department of Philosophy, College of Letters, Tokyo Imperial University (Major psychology)—His academic dissertation was “Jinkakuron (Theory of Personality)”

Landmarks

  • 1910-1914 Teacher of Japanese at Mejiro junior high school
  • 1914 Instructor at Nihon University
  • 1920 Professor at College of Law and Letters, Nihon University
  • 1024 Chairman of Psychology, Department of Letters, College of Law and Letters, Nihon University
  • 1930-1939 Superintendent at College of Law and Letters

Contributions

  • Toru Watanabe contributed to personal psychology, climate psychology and history of Japanese psychology.
  • He was the pioneer of personal psychology in Japan.
  • He also introduced W. Stern’s theory of personality.
  • He introduced the history of Hou Kamata, the psychologist of empiricism on Edo era.
  • At Nihon University, he founded the psychological laboratory.
  • In addition, He made his efforts to not only psychology but also counseling for war wounded.

Honors

  • 1957 Honorary professor at Nihon University 

Keywords

  • Personal Psychology
  • Climate Psychology
  • History of Japanese Psychology

References

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