Wilhelm Karl Arnold

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Wilhelm Karl Arnold (born October 14, 1911 in Nuremberg ; † December 12, 1983 in Würzburg ) was a German psychologist and professor of psychology at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg .

Live and act

Arnold graduated from high school in 1931 and then studied mathematics, physics, psychology, education, philosophy and economic history in Munich . Since 1931 he was a member of the Catholic student union KDStV Tuiskonia Munich in the CV . From 1943 to the end of the war in 1945, he had to do military service. After the end of the war, he was head of career counseling at the Federal Agency for Employment and Unemployment Insurance in Nuremberg until 1953. In 1953 he was appointed to the professorship for psychology at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg .

In 1962 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Eugène Tisserant and invested in Paderborn Cathedral on September 29, 1962 by Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger , Grand Prior of the Order. From 1976 to 1983 he was the first chief commander in the newly established commandery of Würzburg of the order of knights.

Research and Teaching

From 1953 to 1978 he was professor of psychology at the University of Würzburg . From 1964 to 1967 he was rector of this university and chairman of the German Society for Psychology .

The main subject of his research interests was applied psychology: forensic psychology , work psychology - here above all talent development and aptitude; also personality psychology ; as well as practice-related content regarding student internships (see literature list).

His best-known work is the three-volume Lexicon of Psychology published by Herder Verlag (1971/1973), Freiburg, which he shared with the two psychologists Hans Jürgen Eysenck , London, (behavioral therapy) and Richard Meili , Bern, who were known in the second half of the 20th century , ( Psychological Diagnostics , Thinking Psychology ) as editor. The lexicon brings together many psychologists of the time as authors. It is thus also a mirror of the research focus of the time; and still very reliable as a reference work in the 21st century.

politics

Since the end of the war, Arnold was a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) in the Middle Franconia section. In 1967 he was elected second chairman of the Hanns Seidel Foundation . From 1968 to 1973 he was a member of the Bavarian Senate (Universities and Academies Group), from 1972 he was chairman of the cultural policy committee.

Memberships

  • German Society for Psychology (1935; Presidency 1964–1966)
  • International Association of Psychotechnology (1953)
  • International Union of Psychologists (1966 Board Member)
  • Bavarian Senate (1968–1973)
  • Colombian Society for Psychology (1970 honorary membership)
  • International Society for Education and Careers Advice (1970 Board Member)
  • Advisory board at the Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (1971–1973)
  • Board of Trustees of the Bavarian State Foundation (1972–1973)

honors and awards

Publications

Monographs

  • Person, character and personality. Hogrefe, Göttingen 1957. 4th edition: Olzog, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-7892-7214-0 . (Spanish 1975, Japan 1976)
  • Change in talent and questions of upbringing. Juventa, Munich 1960.
  • Applied Psychology ( Urban Pocket Books. Volume 130). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1970. 2nd edition: 1975, ISBN 3-17-001390-4 .
  • Educational goal personality. Tasks of a humanistic psychology of the present. Goldmann, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-442-85009-6 .
  • Talent and willingness to educate. E. Reinhardt, Munich 1968.
  • The Pauli test. Springer, Berlin 5th edition: 1975, ISBN 978-3-540-07461-8 .

Editing

  • with Hans Jürgen Eysenck , Richard Meili : Lexicon of Psychology. 3 volumes. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel 1971/1973, 13th edition: 1995. (Latest foreign language editions: London 1975, New York 1982, Milan 1996, Madrid 1979)
  • with R. Pauli: Psychological internship. Volume 1 and 2. Fischer, Stuttgart 7th edition 1972.
  • Psychology and Practice: Journal for Work and Organizational Psychology, Hogrefe, Stuttgart 1956 ff.

literature

  • Ernst G. Wehner (Red.): Professor Dr. Wilhelm Arnold on his 60th birthday. Festschrift ( Würzburg psychological studies. Volume 1). Lang, Bern 1972.
  • Jakob Peter Gösslbauer u. a. (Ed.): Focal points of psychology. Festschrift for Wilhelm Arnold ( Political Studies. Special Issue. Volume 4). Olzog, Munich 1981.
  • Obituary in: Würzburg today: magazine for culture and economy, Würzburg, Echter, 1984, no. 37, p. 108/109

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ with Hans Jürgen Eysenck , Richard Meili : Lexikon der Psychologie. 3 volumes. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel 1971/1973.


personal data
SURNAME Arnold, Wilhelm Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1983
Place of death Wurzburg