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This paper is about the childhood, education and achievements of G. Stanley Hall. Granville was known as the “Father of Adolescence”. He is also known for the child study movement. He was a former preacher as well. The first point is the childhood of G. Stanley Hall. Hall was born on February 1, 1844, on his grandfather’s farm in Ashfield, Massachusetts. His father, Granville Bascom Hall, served in the Massachusetts legislature. While his mother Abigail Beal’s, studied at the Albany Female Seminary and taught school. One of Granville’s quotes is “Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are new born.” (www.brainyquotes.com) Granville Stanley Hall grew up during the Victorian era. He was an only child of …show more content…

After high school, he first enrolled into Williston Academy in 1862 then transferred to Williams College. Stanley Hall’s mother, Abagail, pushed him to go into ministry. When he turned 14 he told his mother that he had begun a journey on his own. When he graduated from college he studied a year at the Theological Seminary, just to please his mother, before abandoning religion altogether, because he did not have a deep conviction. In 1868 to 1871 he traveled to Germany. While there he studied experimental psychology. G. Stanley hall had identified play as to create young men who have disciplining spirit and will be obedient to adults. Stanley hall was inspired by Wilhelm Wundt’s “Principles of Physiological Psychology,” that he earned a doctorate in psychology at Harvard in 1874. Hall was the first American to be granted a PH D in Psychology at Harvard. He also became Wundt’s first American student. Hall began his career by teaching English and Psychology at Antioch College in 1872. He also taught many other classes at Antioch. In 1883, he taught Psychology at John Hopkins. Granville Stanley Hall said “Education has, thus become the chief problem of the world, its one holy cause. The nations that see this will survive, and those that fail to do so will slowly perish. There must be re-education of the will and of the heart as well as of the intellect, and the ideals of service must supplant those of selfishness and greed. Never …show more content…

His main focus was on childhood development and evolutionary theory. He was appointed professor of Psychology and Pedagogies while teaching at John Hopkins University in 1884. After his lecture at John Hopkins University, he built the first American Laboratory for Psychology. In 1887 Granville founded the American Journal of Psychology. The American Journal of Psychology was the first journal of its kind in America. Now there are 16 different Psychology Journals. Granville became the first president of the American Psychological Association, it only had 42 members in 1882, but by 1916 there were over 300 members. Now there are around 117,500 members. A wealthy merchant by the name of Jonas Clark invited hall to become the first president of Clark University in 1889. Granville accepted the invitation, within two years the school had five subjects. The subjects included mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, which in turn made the university one of the most famous institutions. Mr. Hall founded the Pedagogical Seminary in 1894. He retired from being the president of Clark University in 1920. Jonas Clark died in 1900.In the year 1909, Granville Stanley Hall started The Children’s Institute at Clarks College. He invited Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung to visit and give lectures at the Clark Conference to celebrate the Universities 20th anniversary. Granville Stanley Hall wrote “Adolescence” it is about the pioneering

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