A French Description of the Psychology Laboratory of G. S. Hall at Clark University in 1893

• Published in: The American journal of psychology 2014-12, Vol.127 (4), p.527-535
• Main Authors: Nicolas, Serge, Young, Jacy L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Baudouin; Colleges & universities; Comparative psychology; Criminal psychology; Experimental psychology; Hall; History; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Laboratories; Neurology; Personality psychology; Philosophical psychology; Physiology; Psychological research; Psychology; Psychology, Experimental - history; Psychophysiology; Social Sciences; Translation; Universities; Writing
• ISSN: 0002-9556; 1939-8298
• DOI: 10.5406/amerjpsyc.127.4.0527

There is a rich tradition of writings about the foundation of psychology laboratories, particularly in the United States and in France. Like their German counterparts, American laboratories of psychology were described by several scholars in French journals. These descriptions stimulated the establishment of laboratories in France and provided templates for laboratory designs. We introduce here an article written by Marcel Baudouin (1860–1941), who visited and subsequently described the psychology laboratory of Granville Stanley Hall (1844–1924) at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. The English translation of Baudouin’s paper, provided here, constitutes an interesting new document on Hall’s laboratory at Clark University as it stood in 1893. From the French perspective, the Clark laboratory provided an ideal model for the experimental psychology laboratory.