Pál Schiller Harkai

Pál Harkai Schiller (Budapest, 4 November 1908 – US, 1949) Hungarian philosopher and psychologist.

He organized Psychological Institute at Budapest University in 1936.

Career

He acquired a doctorate in philosophy at Budapest University in 1930. Obtained research experiences in Ranschburg Pál Budapest Institute. Obtained a university private tutor qualification at Budapest University in 1936, he went to the University of Berlin to get some experience in the institution of the Gestalt psychology Wolfgang Köhler.

In 1936 he graduated as a private teacher at Budapest University and organized Psychological Institute. Hungarian Psychological Association organized his practical psychological department. He edited book series named Psychological Studies[1] which was published by Psychological Institute. Pál Schiller Harkai valuable input to his studies by Wolfgang Köhler, Jean Piaget and Karl Bühler teachings.[2] Between 1930 and 1940 Pál Schiller Harkai, Ferenc Mérei, László Tihamér Kiss and Hildebrand Dezső Várkonyi was in Hungary Jean Piaget's theories of psychological popularizers.

He took part in the establishing of Aptitude-Institute for Soldier[3] and helped to equip the psychotechnological station of MÁV[4] and some other companies. He emigrated in 1947 into the United States of America. He perished in a ski accident. More of his posthumous studies appeared, between anything else single Alpha name from the drawing experiments of a female carried out with a chimpanzee, that the drawing development induced many debates his biological bases.

Young chimpanzees are playing

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References

  1. In Hungarian: Lélektani tanulmányok
  2. Csaba Pléh: Pszichológiatörténet. (The History of Psychology) Budapest : Gondolat, 1992. 231.
  3. In Hungarian: Honvéd Képességvizsgáló Intézet
  4. In Hungarian: Magyar Államvasútak (MÁV)
  5. Behavioral Science Institute, in Hungarian: Magatartástudományi Intézet
  6. In Hungarian: Magyar Pszichológiai Társaság
  7. In Hungarian:Pál Ranschburg

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