Areas of Focus
- Physiological Psychology
- Experimental Psychology
Work Experience
- 1934-1936 - Zhejiang University - Associate Professor of Psychology
- 1936-1951 - Jinan University, Fudan University, Central University - Various roles including Dean of Biology Department and Dean of Academic Affairs
- 1951-1961 - East China Normal University - Professor of Psychology
- 1961 onwards - East China Normal University - Professor and Head of Psychology Department
- Researcher at Central Institute of Educational Science
- Professor at Beijing Normal University
- Vice President of Chinese Social Psychology Association
- President of Shanghai Social Psychology Association
- Member of the Preparatory Committee of the Chinese Thinking Science Association
- Editorial Board Member of the Psychology Volume of the Chinese Encyclopedia
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1931 - Master's Degree: Ohio State University
- 1934 - PhD: University of Chicago
- Proposed theories on the unity of social and biological contradictions in human psychological development
- Developed the introspective self-analysis method for studying human psychology
Publications
- Read After Criticizing Yan Jicheng's Theory of Non-instinct, Ji-Nan Hu, 1922
- The Impact of Brain Damage on Animal Memory, Ji-Nan Hu, 1938
- On the Unity of Social and Biological Contradictions as the Driving Force of Human Psychological Development, Ji-Nan Hu, 1980
- Analysis, Synthesis, and Storage of Information - This is the Essence of Psychological Activity, Ji-Nan Hu, 1980
- On Information as the Transformation from Physical Process to Neural Process to Psychological Process, Ji-Nan Hu, 1981
- The Basic Method of Studying Human Psychology - The Problem of Introspective Self-analysis, Ji-Nan Hu, 1983
- Freud and His Psychodynamic Theory, Ji-Nan Hu, 1983
- Human Consciousness and Its Products, Ji-Nan Hu, 1984
- Selected Papers on Psychology by Ji-Nan Hu, Ji-Nan Hu, 1985
