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Herbert Langfeld

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Herbert Langfeld
Born(1879-07-24)July 24, 1879
DiedFebruary 25, 1958(1958-02-25) (aged 78)
Known forPast president, American Psychological Association
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsHarvard University
Princeton University
ThesisÜber die heterochrome Helligkeitsvergleichung (1909)
Doctoral advisorCarl Stumpf

Herbert Sidney Langfeld (July 24, 1879 – February 25, 1958) was an American psychologist and a past president of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Biography

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Herbert Langfeld was born in Philadelphia on July 24, 1879.[1] He 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] While at Princeton he also directly influenced the ecological psychology approach of J. J. Gibson through his phenomenological ideas.[3]

Langfeld was APA president in 1930.[4] He also held leadership positions with the International Congress of Psychology and the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[5]

He died from heart disease in Princeton, New Jersey on February 25, 1958.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Herbert Sidney Langfeld". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Vol. LIX, no. 11. November 28, 1958. p. 27. Retrieved May 5, 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Bartlett, F. C. (1958). "Herbert Sidney Langfeld: 1879-1958". American Journal of Psychology. 71 (3): 616–619. JSTOR 1420272. PMID 13571476.
  3. ^ Lobo, Lorena; Heras-Escribano, Manuel; Travieso, David (November 27, 2018). Hommel, Bernhard (ed.). "The History and Philosophy of Ecological Psychology". Frontiers in Psychology. 9: 2228. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02228. PMC 6280920. PMID 30555368.
  4. ^ "Former APA presidents". American Psychological Association. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  5. ^ Written at Princeton, New Jersey. "Dr. Herbert Sidney Langfeld, 78; Served as Camouflage Adviser". Newsday. Hempstead, New York. February 26, 1958. p. 70. Retrieved May 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.