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Hypnotism is undoubtedly the most important, the most fruitful and far-reaching method of experimental psychology.

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Among all the disputes and uncertainties of the ethnographers about the races of Europe, one fact stands out clearly – namely, that we can distinguish a race of northerly distribution and origin, characterized physically by fair color of hair and skin and eyes, by tall stature and dolichocephaly (i. e. long shape of head), and mentally by great independence of character, individual initiative, and tenacity of will. Many names have been used to denote this type,.... It is also called the Nordic type.

William McDougall

William McDougall

William McDougall

Born: June 22, 1871

Died: November 28, 1938 (aged 67)

Bio: William McDougall was an early 20th century psychologist who spent the first part of his career in the United Kingdom and the latter part in the United States.

Known for:

An introduction to social psychology (1909)
The Group Mind (1920)
Character and the conduct of life (1927)
An outline of abnormal psychology (1923)
The energies of men (1932)

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