Knight Dunlap
| Knight Dunlap | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 21, 1875 Diamond Spring, California |
| Died |
August 14, 1949 (aged 73) Columbia, South Carolina |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Known for | Past president, American Psychological Association |
Knight Dunlap (November 21, 1875 - August 14, 1949) was an American psychologist and a past president of the American Psychological Association.
Biography
He grew up in rural California and was educated at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] He served as APA president in 1922.[2]
In the 1920s, Dunlap argued for the standardization of design in traffic signals and signs, noting that the color red did not always signify "stop" to a motorist.[3] At an APA meeting in 1938, he criticized psychoanalysis and said that sometimes its subjects had physical illnesses and simply required medical treatments such as insulin.[4] In the 1940s, he conducted an experiment with color blindness that was treated with cobra venom and vitamins.[5]
Dunlap died in South Carolina in 1949.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Knight Dunlap: 1875-1949". American Journal of Psychology 63 (1): 114–119. 1950. doi:10.2307/1418431. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Former APA presidents". American Psychological Association. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Psychologist urges standardized signs". The Pittsburgh Press. March 4, 1928. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Freud's psychoanalysis under attack by savant". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. September 9, 1938. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Declares vitamins and cobra venom will aid eyesight". The Norwalk Hour. October 25, 1945. Retrieved November 10, 2014.