Gustav Spengler

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Gustav Spengler (born January 18, 1913 in Rübeland ; † April 11, 1992 in Wuppertal ) was a German psychologist .

life and work

After leaving school, Spengler wanted to become a teacher and studied six semesters of cultural studies in Braunschweig and one year of philology in Marburg. In 1938 he did his doctorate in Marburg under Erich Jaensch with the thesis "Behavior in puberty under the aspects of integration typology". In 1941 he obtained his doctorate (Dr. phil.). Between 1938 and 1943 Spengler was an army psychologist as a civil servant in the inspection of the army's personnel auditing system. Spengler then served as a soldier from 1943 to 1945, most recently as a first lieutenant. In 1947 he opened a specialist psychological counseling practice. In 1948 and 1949, Spengler also worked as a freelancer for the research institute for work psychology and human resources FORFA (headed by Dr. Herwig). In 1950 FORFA sent Spengler to the Glanzstoff company. There he worked between 1951 and 1977 as an industrial psychologist at Glanzstoff AG , later Enka Glanzstoff . Spengler published on questions of personnel selection. He was also on the board of the professional association of German psychologists .

estate

Gustav Spengler's scientific estate is a gift from the Spengler family in the psychology- historical research archive of the FernUniversität in Hagen.

Publications

  • Spengler, G. (1938). Behavior in puberty from the point of view of integration typology. Dresden: Great.
  • Spengler, G. (1951). Comparison between the results of occupational psychological and medical examinations. Psychological Rundschau, 2, 219–223.

literature

  • Lück, HE (2013). Gustav Spengler: Recognize the productive possibilities of a person. Born 100 years ago. Report Psychologie, 38 (3), 120-121.
  • Lück, HE (2015). Spengler, Gustav. In: Wolfradt, Uwe; Billmann-Mahecha, Elfriede; Stock, Armin (Ed.), German-speaking psychologists 1933–1945. An encyclopedia of persons, supplemented by a text by Erich Stern (pp. 425–426). Wiesbaden: Springer. ISBN 978-3-658-01480-3
personal data
SURNAME Spengler, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Rübeland
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1992
Place of death Wuppertal