A pioneer of Japanese social psychology, he was born in Tokyo, Japan and died of pneumonia.

Chinese name: Nanbo

Mbth, a pioneer of Japanese social psychology, was born in Tokyo, Japan and died of pneumonia.

life experience

Studied at Tokyo University and Kyoto University. 1940 went to Cornell University to study animal psychology after obtaining a bachelor's degree from Tokyo University, and 1943 obtained a doctorate in philosophy from Cornell University. He stayed at Cornell University as a researcher and lecturer, and then went to new york University and Columbia University for clinical research on abnormal psychology and psychoanalysis. 1947 returned to Japan, first worked in Japan Women's University, then transferred to hitotsubashi university, 195 1 retired as an associate professor, 1978 became an honorary professor of this school. Then he transferred to Chengcheng University to teach until 1985 retired. During the period of 1962, he received his Ph.D. from Kyoto University and was also an honorary professor at Renmin University of China.

Nanbo founded the Japanese Institute of Social Psychology on 1950. From the perspective of social psychology, he studied many aspects of postwar Japanese society, such as mass communication, popular culture and interpersonal relationship, and won a high reputation. 1952 published the book "Introduction to Social Psychology", which is the first book in Japan to systematically expound social psychology. Later, he became interested in the characteristics of the Japanese nation and applied his psychohistory theory to the study of the characteristics of the Japanese nation before the war. The result is Japanese Psychology, which has been translated into English. His three-volume book Selected Works of Social Psychology focuses on the influence of the modernization process on the Japanese people. This is a collection of his main research results. 1980, and published another book "Science of Human Behavior" after retirement. In addition, he dabbles in a wide range, studying traditional art, movies, qigong and so on. , and often appear on TV programs. He is an influential scholar in Japan.

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Nanbo is one of the important scholars who introduced American social psychology to Japan after World War II. In addition to teaching, he also founded many research institutions and organizations, such as the Institute of Social Psychology, the Japanese Psychological Center and the Traditional Art Association. He has served as a permanent member of the International Society of Applied Psychology, president of the International Society of Psychological Science, president of the Japan Society of Social Psychology, president of the Japan Imaging Society, president of the Japan News School, president of the All-Japan Qigong Association, and consultant of the Japan Troupe Association.