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Hachizo Umezu

ウメヅ ハチゾウ

Umezu Hachizo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1906-12-05 (Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan)
Died
1991-01-05 age 84
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Educational Psychologist, University Professor
Active Years
1931-1991
Affiliations
Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters, Kansai University, International Christian University
Memberships
Japan Academy

Education

The University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters / Department of Psychology
Degree: 学士
Year of Graduation: 1931
Country: Japan
The University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters / Department of Psychology
Degree: 文学博士
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: Japan
Awarded for the dissertation "Psychological Study on the Formation of Verbal Behavior in Deaf-Blind Individuals"

Awards

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1958
Work: Psychology Encyclopedia
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star
1977
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Problem of Wild Children

1968 Academic
Special Education

Mutual Support with Children with Multiple Disabilities: Behavioral Systems and Sign System Activities

1997 Academic
Special Education

Psychology: The Works of Hachizo Umedzu (3 vols.)

2000 Collected Works

Bibliography

  • The Problem of Wild Children
  • Mutual Support with Children with Multiple Disabilities: Behavioral Systems and Sign System Activities
  • Psychology: The Works of Hachizo Umedzu (3 vols.)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ScholarlyTechnical
Recurring Motifs
Education for the disabledPsychological approach

Legacy

He established educational methods for the disabled using experimental psychology and made significant contributions to the development of special education in Japan.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Academy