关键词: 心理学研究, 学科发展, 学术贡献

Abstract: Professor Hao Yaodong was one of the pioneers of psychology discipline in modern and contemporary China. While studying in the United States, he was mentored by L. M. Terman, then the president of the American Psychological Association and a distinguished psychologist in the realm of intelligence testing. Prof. Hao was the first to introduce foreign theories of intelligence tests, psychometrics, educational psychology and corresponding empirical research methods into China, and to put them into teaching and research practice, particularly into the practice of psychological testing. Furthermore, he initiated and participated in the establishment of professional psychological associations and academic journals, playing a leading role in developing psychology discipline. Deeply rooted in the northwest of China, Prof. Hao laid foundations for the departments of psychology in both Northwest Normal University and Shaanxi Normal University, which promoted the disciplinary layout in China. As a disseminator of western scientific psychological thoughts and research paradigms and a practitioner of the construction and development of psychology discipline in China, Professor Hao Yaodong made outstanding contributions to the development of psychology in modern and contemporary China.

Key words: psychological research, disciplinary development, academic contributions