EBBINGHAUSS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PSYCHOLOGY AFTER 1885

Authors
Citation
Ah. Fuchs, EBBINGHAUSS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PSYCHOLOGY AFTER 1885, The American journal of psychology, 110(4), 1997, pp. 621-633
Citations number
32
ISSN journal
00029556
Volume
110
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
621 - 633
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9556(1997)110:4<621:ECTPA1>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Hermann Ebbinghaus is best remembered for his research on memory, cond ucted and published early in his career. Ebbinghaus subsequently contr ibuted to psychology as teacher, journal founder and editor, champion of experimental research, author of texts, and originator of a method of assessing intelligence. The year 1985 saw the publication of tribut es to Ebbinghaus's memory research; the present article summarizes his later contributions to psychology.