Toru Watanabe
Born: September 7th, 1883 in Tajima town, Minami Aizu county, Fukushima prefecture
Died: January 12th, 1957
Education
- Honorary Doctor of Literature (1957) Nihon University
- Completed Graduate school at Tokyo Imperial University for five years
- B.A. Department of Philosophy, College of Letters, Tokyo Imperial University (Major psychology)—His academic dissertation was “Jinkakuron (Theory of Personality)”
Landmarks
- 1910-1914 Teacher of Japanese at Mejiro junior high school
- 1914 Instructor at Nihon University
- 1920 Professor at College of Law and Letters, Nihon University
- 1024 Chairman of Psychology, Department of Letters, College of Law and Letters, Nihon University
- 1930-1939 Superintendent at College of Law and Letters
Contributions
- Toru Watanabe contributed to personal psychology, climate psychology and history of Japanese psychology.
- He was the pioneer of personal psychology in Japan.
- He also introduced W. Stern’s theory of personality.
- He introduced the history of Hou Kamata, the psychologist of empiricism on Edo era.
- At Nihon University, he founded the psychological laboratory.
- In addition, He made his efforts to not only psychology but also counseling for war wounded.
Honors
- 1957 Honorary professor at Nihon University
Keywords
- Personal Psychology
- Climate Psychology
- History of Japanese Psychology
References
- Hiroshi Oizumi (2003). Nihonshinrigakusha-jiten. Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kress Shuppan.
- Nihon no shinrigaku kanko iinkai. (1982).Nihon no shinrigaku. Tokyo: Nihon bunka kagaku sha.
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters and Science, Nihon University.