Talk:G. Stanley Hall

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It might be useful to talk about the role Hall played in shaping public opinion about youth as a vulnerable population. His ideas and beliefs (while later proven wrong) were used by the compulsory education and juvenile court movements, resulting in the structural separation of teenagers from adults. (See Thomas Hine "The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager") —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.121.196.4 (talk • contribs) 19:28, 13 May 2006

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Maybe I'm missing something, but there seems to be a mistake in the description of Hall's time spent as president:

"In 1899, he was named the first President of Clark University, a post he filled until 1920. During his 31 years as President, Hall remained intellectually active"

If he was president from 1899 until 1920, doesn't that mean he held the post for 21 years, not 31? I believe it is supposed to be "1889," not "1899," but I would like to defer the corrections to someone more knowledgeable on this topic. Thanks, -Abraham F

Suspicon of made up stuff
Like to see some references here to Hall's autobiography.

Look on Amazon the title is The Life and Confessions of a Psychologist by G. Stanley Hall. I own a first edition copy of the book and also a copy reprint of the rediscovered book by Hall's assistant, Amy E. Tanner, Studies in Spiritism, An investigation into one of my favorite mental mediums, Leonora Piper. Hall contributes only at the beginning of this book. I think Tanner was a lot sharper and kinder than Hall. But being a woman, because of the times, she never got a fair shake. Kazuba (talk) 03:16, 17 July 2010 (UTC).

Correcting Vandalism
Yeah, someone altered this article saying that he raised neopets and played runescape so I fixed that. I admit that was funny, but please if you vandalize can you at least put it back the way it was after a couple of days if no one else does? :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.229.54.243 (talk) 22:29, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

'Authoritarian beliefs' to 'Social views'
I am going to change the section titled "Authoritarian beliefs" to "Social views." Labeling him an authoritarian would need a citation, and furthermore, it is not clear that some of the subsequent claims therein have anything to do with authoritarianism and would more aptly be described as his social views. 71.231.120.183 (talk) 05:56, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Possible TYPO -- ("and" --> "at")
In the second sentence of the second paragraph under "Biography", it says, in part, "Following successful lecture series and Harvard and Johns Hopkins University, Hall secured a position [...]".

I suspect that the word after "series" should be "at" instead of "and".

Anyone disagree, or have any "other" advice, or comments? Thanks! --Mike Schwartz (talk) 22:32, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Anomaly?
Hall is said to have earned a PhD "in psychology" in 1878. However the discipline was only established 1874 with Wilhelm Wundt's: "Principles of Physiological Psychology". The disco=ipline is generally regarded as having been established as a sep[arate dsicipline by the founding the experimental labs in 1879 in Germany and 1883 in the US. So how is it possible for there to have been a study path in a discipline that didn't really exist? In what sense was Hall's PhD actually in psychology? LookingGlass (talk) 11:46, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

promise of degree to Freud
It's stated that Clark promised Freud an honorary degree. Was that degree granted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.189.152.222 (talk) 06:04, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Birth Year
Most sources, including his gravestone, give 1844 for year of birth Thisdaytrivia (talk) 17:14, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Interesting catch. We do have a source cited for the 1846 date we have now, but its certainly possible the author of that tribute (written the year after his death) made an error. Interestingly, this appears to have been a dispute for some time! I found an article in an April 1946 issue of the journal Intellect titled "Sleuthing for the Birth Date of G. Stanley Hall" by Fletcher Harper Smith on pp. 249-251 which only displays snippents in Google Books. It appears February 1 is definitely his birthday though. I'll see if I can find a full copy of that journal. --Krelnik (talk) 17:38, 21 March 2017 (UTC)