Tsuruko Haraguchi
Born: June 18th, 1886 in Tomioka city, Gunma prefecture
Died: September 26th, 1915
Education
- 1912 Ph.D., Columbia University—Her academic dissertation was “Mental fatigue”—She was the first Japanese woman to earn a Ph.D. (However, Kyoko Okami earned an M.D. from Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania at 1889)
- 1906 B.A., Department of English literature, Japan Women’s University (at that time, the university is not considered an institution of higher education)
- 1902 Graduated Gunma kenritsu koto jyogakko (Gunma prefectural girls’ higher school, the precursor to Takasaki girls’ high school)
Landmarks
- 1906 Studied psychology under the guidance of Professor Matataro Matsumoto at Japan Women’s University.
- 1907 Entered Columbia University to study experimental pedagogic and experimental psychology under Drs. Thorndike, Woodworth, and Cattell
- 1912 Suggested that Japan Women’s University establish an experimental psychology program
Contributions
- She contributed the establishment of experimental psychology laboratory in Japan Women’s University, as well as research on fatigue and methodological study.
Keywords
- Experimental psychology
- Mental fatigue
Web Links
References
- Hiroshi Oizumi (2003). Nihonshinrigakusha-jiten. Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kress Shuppan.
- Izumi Ogino, (1983). Haraguchi Tsuruko-Jyosei- shinrigakusya- no- senku. Nagano: Kabushiki Kaisha Ginga Shobo.
- Tatsuya Sato, Hazime Mizoguchi, (1997). Tsushi Nihon-no-shinrigaku. Kyoto: Kitaoji Shobo.