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Matsuzaburo Yokoyama

Born: February 9th, 1890 in Mito city, Ibaragi prefecture
Died: September 24th, 1966


Education

  • Ph.D. (1921) Clark University—His academic dissertation was “An Experimental Study of Affective Tendency as Conditioned by Color and Form”
  • M.A. (1918) Harvard University
  • B.A (1917) Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado

Landmarks

  • 1921 Assistant at Department of Psychology, Clark University
  • 1922 Preparatory instructor at Keio University
  • 1924 Instructor at Keio University
  • 1926 Established the psychological laboratory at Keio University
  • 1929 Associate professor at Keio University
  • 1938 Professor at Department of Letters, Keio University
  • 1957-1959 Director at Department of Letters, Keio University
  • 1957 Governor of Academe
  • 1966 Retired from Keio University

Contributions

  • Matsuzaburo Yokoyama was interested in emotion and feelings. He was strongly affected by E.B. Titchener’s work. He sought to solve the same problems: consciousness and function, element and whole, consciousness and unconsciousness, the adjustment of consciousness and behavior within the view of structural psychology.
  • In addition, he contributed to improve the status of private universities in psychology.
  • One of his contributions was foundation of psychological laboratory at Keio University.
  • He engaged in organizing and internationalizing Japanese Psychological Association. 

Honors

  • 1966 Honorary professor at Keio University
  • 1963 Honorary member of Japanese Psychological Association
  • 1959~1961 President of Japanese Psychological Association
  • 1956 Advising member at Academy of Human Right
  • 1954 Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Colorado

Keywords

  • Experimental Psychology
  • Research of Emotion

References

  • Hiroshi Oizumi (2003). Nihonshinrigakusha-jiten. Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kress Shuppan.
  • Nihon no shinrigaku kanko iinkai. (1982).Nihon no shinrigaku. Tokyo: Nihon bunka kagaku sha.
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