Meaning & use
G. Stanley Hall
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Meaning
proper nounproper
An American psychologist (1844 to 1924) who helped establish psychology as a field of study in the United States and founded the study of adolescence.
Grammar: Name of a person: G. Stanley Hall wrote about adolescence; no article is used.
Patterns
- according to G. Stanley Hall
- the work of G. Stanley Hall
G. Stanley Hall was the first president of the American Psychological Association.
Textbooks credit G. Stanley Hall with popularizing the idea of adolescence as a distinct stage.
Hall's 1904 book Adolescence influenced educators for decades.
Common combinations
- theory of G. Stanley Hall
- The theory of G. Stanley Hall described adolescence as a time of storm and stress.
- according to G. Stanley Hall
- According to G. Stanley Hall, teenagers pass through a period of emotional turmoil.
- G. Stanley Hall's Adolescence
- G. Stanley Hall's Adolescence was published in 1904.
- founded by G. Stanley Hall
- The American Journal of Psychology was founded by G. Stanley Hall.
Commonly confused: G. Stanley Hall or Stanley Milgram?
G. Stanley Hall vs Stanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram was a different psychologist, known for obedience experiments rather than adolescence.
Practice
G. Stanley Hall is best known for his work on
Choose one answer.
Hall's 1904 book Adolescence made him the founder of the scientific study of the teenage years. Conditioning, genetics and sleep medicine belong to other researchers.
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