John Dillingham Dodson

John Dillingham Dodson (* 1879 in Allen County (Kentucky) , † 1955 in Warren County (Kentucky) ) was an American psychologist.

From 1908 until his death he worked in psychological research and teaching. His most important companion was Robert Yerkes . Together they discovered the Yerkes-Dodson law .

John D. Dodson received his Masters degree from Harvard University . He then completed his PhD as the first graduate student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota . Little is known about his life after the seminal publication with Robert Yerkes. While he was still alive, research into his whereabouts began in 1921. This was continued in 2001. A 2012 publication indicates that he spent most of his academic life teaching at the Bowling Green College of Commerce. This later became part of Western Kentucky University .

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Literature by and about John Dillingham Dodson in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Brothen, Thomas: What ever happened to John Dodson? . In: History of Psychology . 15, No. 1, February 2012, pp. 100–05. doi : 10.1037 / a0024801 .
^ Yerkes RM, Dodson JD: The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit-formation . In: Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology . 18, 1908, pp. 459-82. doi : 10.1002 / cne.920180503 .

personal data
SURNAME	Dodson, John Dillingham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dodson, John D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH	1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	Allen County, Kentucky , United States
DATE OF DEATH	1955
Place of death	Warren County, Kentucky , United States

[Brothen-1] Brothen, Thomas: What ever happened to John Dodson? . In: History of Psychology . 15, No. 1, February 2012, pp. 100–05. doi : 10.1037 / a0024801 .

[2] Yerkes RM, Dodson JD: The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit-formation . In: Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology . 18, 1908, pp. 459-82. doi : 10.1002 / cne.920180503 .