Max Meyer

Not to be confused with de:Max Meyer (Arzt).

Max Friedrich Meyer (June 14, 1873 – March 14, 1967) was a Professor of Experimental Psychology (and founder of the Psychology Department) at the University of Missouri. He is co-developer of the Lipps–Meyer law. He was dismissed from the University of Missouri due to his academic involvement with a scandalous questionnaire issued by a student, Orval Hobart Mowrer.^[1] The university was subsequently censured by the American Association of University Professors in an early case regarding academic freedom due a professor.^[2]

He invented the tonality diamond, popularized by the theories of composer Harry Partch. He was the 1930 President of the Midwestern Psychological Association^[3] and the 1930 President of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology.^[4] He was identified as one of the Important Psychologists of the period 1600-1967.^[5]

He is the author of:

• Contributions to a psychological theory of music (1901)
• An Introduction to the Mechanics of the Inner Ear (1907). ISBN 1110359861.
• The Fundamental Laws of Human Behavior: Lectures on the Foundations of Any Mental or Social Science (1911)
• Psychology of the Other-One (1921)
• Abnormal Psychology (1927)
• The Musician's Arithmetic (1929)
• How we hear;: How tones make music (1950)

See also

• Orval Hobart Mowrer

References

1. ^ Nelson, Lawrence J. (2003). Rumors of Indiscretion: The University of Missouri "Sex Questionnaire" Scandal in the Jazz Age. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-1449-5. 
2. ^ A.J. Carlson (February 1930). "Report on the Dismissal of Professor DeGraff and the Suspension of Professor Meyer". Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors XVI (2): 2–35. 
3. ^ "MPA Presidents and Meeting Locations". Midwestern Psychological Association. http://midwesternpsych.org/about/presidents.php. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
4. ^ "PAST OFFICERS". Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. http://southernsociety.org/pastofficers.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
5. ^ Edith L. Annin, Edwin G. Boring, and Robert I. Watson (October 1968). "Important psychologists, 1600–1967". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 4 (4): 303–315. 

External links

• "Max F. Meyer", Psychology Wiki.
• "Musical Mathematics: Meyer's Diamond", Chrysalis-Foundation.org.

Further reading

• A.J. Carlson (February 1930). "Report on the Dismissal of Professor DeGraff and the Suspension of Professor Meyer". Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors XVI (2): 2–35. 
• Meyer, Max Friedrich (1958). Roads, Reefs and Refuges of an Academic Runagate. unpublished. 
• Erwin A. Esper (October 1966). "Max Meyer: The Making of a Scientific Isolate". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 2 (4): 341–356. 
• Erwin A. Esper (April 1967). "Max Meyer in America". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 3 (2): 107–131. 
• Robert H. Wozniak (1977). "Max Meyer and The Fundamental Laws of Human Behavior". Bryn Mawr College. http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Psych/rwozniak/meyer.html. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
• Nelson, Lawrence J. (2003). Rumors of Indiscretion: The University of Missouri "Sex Questionnaire" Scandal in the Jazz Age. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-1449-5. 
• Mueller, John H. (2004). "15". In K. Westhues (PDF). Research Ethics: a Tool for Harassment in the Academic Workplace. Lewiston, NY: E. Mellen Press. pp. 290–313. http://johnmueller.org/Westhues-Chapter.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 

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