Areas of Focus
- General Psychology
- Child and Adolescent Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Abnormal Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Psychological Testing
- History of Psychology
Work Experience
- 1920-1928 - Professor and Director of Education Research Department: Beijing Higher Normal School
- 1928-1930 - Teaching positions at Daxia University, Jinan University, and Guanghua University in Shanghai
- 1930 - Special Editor for 'Education Dictionary': Commercial Press
- 1934 - Special Editor for 'Education' magazine: Commercial Press
- Post-1949 - Professor at Fudan University and East China Normal University
- Post-1949 - Director of the Chinese Psychological Society and Special Researcher at the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1915 - Bachelor's Degree: Tsinghua School
- 1916 - Studied at Massachusetts Agricultural College
- 1917 - Master's Degree in Psychology: Columbia University
- 1920 - Established one of the earliest psychology laboratories in China at Beijing Higher Normal School
- 1921 - First President of the Chinese Psychological Society
- 1922 - Founded and edited China's first psychology journal 'Psychology'
- Published over 100 articles
Publications
- Psychology Paper Index, Yao-Xiang Zhang, 1931
- Psychology Talks, Yao-Xiang Zhang, 1945
- Sensory Psychology, Yao-Xiang Zhang, 1947
- Emotional Psychology, Yao-Xiang Zhang, 1947
- Children's Language and Thought, Yao-Xiang Zhang, 1948
- Selected Papers on Psychology, Yao-Xiang Zhang
