Herbert Langfeld
| Herbert Langfeld | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 24, 1879 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Princeton, New Jersey |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | Harvard University Princeton University |
| Known for | Past president, American Psychological Association |
| Influenced | Floyd Allport[1] |
Herbert Sidney Langfeld (24 July 1879 – 25 February 1958) was an American psychologist and a past president of the American Psychological Association (APA).
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Biography
Langfeld grew up in Philadelphia and was initially drawn to a diplomatic career. He was working for the American Embassy in Berlin when he was attracted to psychology. He earned a PhD in 1909 at the University of Berlin. He took a faculty position at Harvard University and ultimately went to Princeton University, where he became the psychological laboratory director and later the department chair for psychology.[2]
Langfeld was APA president in 1930.[3] He also held leadership positions with the International Congress of Psychology and the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[4]
Works
- On the psychophysiology of a prolonged fast (1914)
- An elementary laboratory course in psychology (1916)
- The æsthetic attitude (1920)
