Walter R. Miles

Walter R. Miles ( Walter Richard Miles ; born March 29, 1885 in Silverleaf , North Dakota ; † May 15, 1978 ) was an American experimental psychologist .

Miles received his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1913 . Raymond Dodge (1871-1942) appointed him to Wesleyan University in Connecticut . From 1914 Miles worked at the Carnegie Nutrition Laboratory in Boston . From 1922 he was at the experimental psychology laboratory at Stanford University . In 1932 he was president of the American Psychological Association . From 1932 to 1952 he was a professor at Yale University . In 1933 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and in 1944 to the American Philosophical Society .

Miles worked mostly with rats . Among other things, he examined the effects of alcohol on their behavior. He developed various labyrinth experiments. One of his most important students is Neal E. Miller .

Walter R. Miles was married to Elizabeth Kirk Miles for the first time. The child psychologist and Jewish savior Marjorie Miles, born in 1913, comes from this connection . Elizabeth Kirk Miles died early. In 1927 Walter R. Miles married his colleague Catharine Cox .

Publications

Psychology of human variability. 1936

Sources and References

literature

Neal E. Miller: Obituary: Walter R. Miles (1885-1978). In: American Psychologist. Vol. 35 (6), June 1980, pp. 595-596
Werner F. Bonin: The great psychologists. From soul science to behavioral science. Researchers, therapists and doctors. Econ-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1983, ISBN 3-612-10026-2

Web links

Literature by and about Walter R. Miles in the catalog of the German National Library

Footnotes

^ American Psychological Association: APA Past Presidents
^ Member History: Walter R. Miles. American Philosophical Society, accessed November 25, 2018 .
^ Roswell McClelland holds his baby son Kirk. Photograph Number: 74826. Biography. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accessed January 16, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Miles, Walter R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Miles, Walter Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 29, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Silverleaf , North Dakota
DATE OF DEATH	May 15, 1978

[1] American Psychological Association: APA Past Presidents

[2] Member History: Walter R. Miles. American Philosophical Society, accessed November 25, 2018 .

[3] Roswell McClelland holds his baby son Kirk. Photograph Number: 74826. Biography. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accessed January 16, 2018 .