Gardner Murphy

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Gardner Murphy

Gardner Murphy (born July 8, 1895 in Chillicothe , Ohio , † March 18, 1979 in Washington, DC ) was an American psychologist and parapsychologist .

Murphy studied at Yale and Harvard Universities and received his doctorate from Columbia University , where he was later professor of psychology. He was President of the American Psychological Association in 1944, President of the Society for Psychical Research in 1949, and President of the American Society for Psychical Research in 1962 . In 1950 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 1952 to 1965 he was Research Director of the Menninger Foundation .

In 1926 Murphy married the psychologist Lois Barclay (born March 23, 1902 in Lisbon , Iowa ; † December 24, 2003). A survey of psychologists found that Gardner Murphy is considered the second most influential psychologist after Sigmund Freud .

Fonts

  • An historical introduction to modern psychology . London, New York 1929.
  • Experimental Social Psychology (together with his wife Lois Barclay Murphy ). New York, London 1931.
  • Approaches to personality. Some contemporary conceptions used in psychology with psychiatry (together with Friedrich Jensen). New York 1932.
  • General psychology . New York, London 1933.
  • A brief general psychology . New York, London 1935.
  • Public opinion and the individual. A psychological study of student attitudes on public questions. With a retest five years later . New York, London 1938.
  • An introduction to psychology . New York 1951.
  • Weaving on a new loom. A UNESCO study of inter-group problems in India . 1952.
  • In the minds of men. The study of human behavior and social tensions in India . New York 1953.
  • Human nature and enduring peace . 1945.
  • Three papers on the survival problem (Reprints from the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research .)
  • The challenge of psychical research. A primer of parapsychology (together with SM Solley). 1960.
  • William James and psychical research (with R. Ballou). New York 1960.
personal data
SURNAME Murphy, Gardner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Chillicothe (Ohio) , USA
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1979
Place of death Washington, DC