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Robert Sessions Woodworth (October 17, 1869 – July 4, 1962) was an American psychologist and the creator of the personality test which bears his name. A graduate of Harvard and Columbia, he studied under William James along with other prominent psychologists as Leta Stetter Hollingworth, James Rowland Angell, and Edward Thorndike.
Jun 30, 2024 · Robert S. Woodworth was an American psychologist who conducted major research on learning and developed a system of “dynamic psychology” into which he sought to incorporate several different schools of psychological thought. Woodworth worked as a mathematics instructor before turning to psychology.
Robert S. Woodworth (Belchertown, Massachusetts, October 17, 1869–New York City, New York, July 4, 1962) was the son of a Congregationalist minister and a mother who taught moral philosophy at a women’s seminary that she helped to found.
Robert S. Woodworth and the Creation of an Eclectic Psychology. In D. A. Dewsbury, L. T. Benjamin, & M. Wertheimer (Eds.), Portraits of pioneers in psychology (pp. 51–66). American Psychological Association; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Robert Sessions Woodworth (1869-1962) was for many years the dean of American psychologists. He was the most influential exponent of the functionalist viewpoint characteristic of the mainstream of psychology in the United States.
Robert Sessions Woodworth (October 17, 1869 – July 4, 1962) was an American psychologist. He wrote numerous textbooks and handbooks; his Psychology: A Study of Mental Life (1921) and Experimental Psychology (1938) went through many editions and were used for generations of undergraduate students.
In Robert S. Woodworth His Dynamic Psychology (1918) attempted to explain behaviour by combining theories of motivation, perception, learning, and thinking, while his Psychology (1921) became a standard textbook.
