num_pages: 432
description: In Stewart H. Hulse and Bert F. Green, Jr. eds., One Hundred Years of Psychological Research in G. Stanley Hall and the Johns Hopkins Tradition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986, the influential career of Hall is "In 1882 Hall was appointed a lecturer in psychology and pedagogy at Johns Hopkins University, becoming a professor in 1884. This professorship was the first chair in the new field of psychology in the country. Hall was a major force in organizing the field, focusing on scientific approaches and in 1883 establishing a psychology laboratory at the university. In 1887 he launched the American Journal of Psychology, and in 1892 he convened the American Psychological Association and served as its first president."
language: English
title: One Hundred Years of Psychological Research in America: G. Stanley Hall and the Johns Hopkins Tradition
titlecomplete: One Hundred Years of Psychological Research in America: G. Stanley Hall and the Johns Hopkins Tradition
publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press