蔡元培与心理学:基于史料的考察

Yuanpei Cai and psychology:An analysis based on historical materials

蔡元培与心理学有着特殊关系,聆听过冯特的实验心理学课程,推动了北京大学心理学实验室以及中央研究院心理研究所的创建和发展。在其心理学思想的贡献之外,蔡元培在心理学领域内开展的各种心理学实践活动有力地推进了中国现代心理学的学科发展。通过对第一手史料的挖掘和分析,可以看到蔡元培对心理学在中国发展的推动是全方位的,如人才的培养和延揽,实验心理学课程与实验室的建设,国家级研究机构的建设等。本文以丰富的史料重新构建了蔡元培与中国心理学的内在的、逻辑性的历史图景。

Yuanpei Cai had a special relationship with psychology.He had listened to Wundt’s experimental psychology course and later initiated the establishment and development of the Psychology Laboratory of Peking University and the Institute of Psychology of Academia Sinica.In addition to such contributions,Yuanpei Cai’s various practices on psychology had greatly promoted the development of modern Chinese psychological discipline.Through the excavation and analysis of the first-hand historical materials,we can see that Yuanpei Cai’s advancement of Chinese psychology was in an all-round way,such as the cultivation and recruit of talents,the construction of experimental psychology courses and laboratories,and the construction of national research institutions.This paper reconstructs the internal and logical historical picture of Yuanpei Cai and psychology with rich historical materials.