William McDougall
North Carolina · resident1871–1938
British psychologist (1871–1938)
- Died in Durham
- Worked at Duke University
psychologist, university teacher
Quotations with a citation
Hypnotism is undoubtedly the most important, the most fruitful and far-reaching method of experimental psychology.
Among all the disputes and uncertainties of the ethnographers about the races of Europe, one fact stands out clearly – namely, that we can distinguish a race of northerly distribution and origin, characterized physically by fair color of hair and skin and eyes, by tall stature and dolichocephaly (i.e. long shape of head), and mentally by great independence of character, individual initiative, and tenacity of will. Many names have been used to denote this type, ... . It is also called the Nordic type.
In the libraries
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An introduction to social psychology
· 1915
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An outline of psychology
· 1923
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Body and mind
· 1911
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Introduction to Social Psychology
· 2011
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Modern materialism and emergent evolution
· 1929
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Psycho-analysis and social psychology
· 1936
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