Education
Doctor of Literature (1944) Kyushu Imperial University
- His academic dissertation was “Ishi shinrigakusi (History of conscious psychology)”
Completed Graduate school at Tokyo Imperial University (1920)
B.A (1918) Department of Philosophy, College of Letters, Tokyo Imperial University (Major Psychology)
- His academic dissertation was “Kanjyo toha nanzoya (What is emotion?)”

Landmarks
1920 Studied in France and Germany (at Sorbonne University)
1924 Came back to Japan, where he became an instructor at Shizuoka high school on April and a Professor at Shizuoka high school on July
1926 Associate Professor at Kyushu Imperial University
1944 Professor at Department of Letters, Kyoto Imperial University
1950-1955 Professor at Department of Education
1956 Retired Kyoto Imperial University
1957 Professor at Waseda University

Contributions
His contributions are diverse: history of psychology, depth psychology, learning, and verbal system. His attitude to researches was sophistication and the ordering of principles of knowledge, inspecting mutually scientific control and systematized knowledge. He also rectify JP. Guilford test for Japanese called “Yatabe-Guilford test,”created the new system of administration called “Kyoto system,” and contributed the development of Japanese psychology having young psychologists attending the psychological seminar at the seminar for American research after the World War II.

Honors
1958 Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star
1951 and 1957 Member at Science Council of Japan

Key words
History of Psychology, Psychology of Thinking

Web links
Kyushu University
Y-G Test

References
Hiroshi Oizumi (2003). Nihonshinrigakusha-jiten. Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kress Shuppan.
Nihon no shinrigaku kanko iinkai. (1982).Nihon no shinrigaku. Tokyo: Nihon bunka kagaku sha.

Education
Ph.D. (1921) Clark University
- His academic dissertation was “An Experimental Study of Affective Tendency as Conditioned by Color and Form”
M.A. (1918) Harvard University
B.A (1917) Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado

Landmarks
1921 Assistant at Department of Psychology, Clark University
1922 Preparatory instructor at Keio University
1924 Instructor at Keio University
1926 Established the psychological laboratory at Keio University
1929 Associate professor at Keio University
1938 Professor at Department of Letters, Keio University
1957-1959 Director at Department of Letters, Keio University
1957 Governor of Academe
1966 Retired from Keio University

Contributions
Matsuzaburo Yokoyama was interested in emotion and feelings. He was strongly affected by E.B. Titchener’s work. He sought to solve the same problems: consciousness and function, element and whole, consciousness and unconsciousness, the adjustment of consciousness and behavior within the view of structural psychology. In addition, he contributed to improve the status of private universities in psychology. One of his contributions was foundation of psychological laboratory at Keio University. He engaged in organizing and internationalizing Japanese Psychological Association.

Honors
1966 Honorary professor at Keio University
1963 Honorary member of Japanese Psychological Association
1959~1961 President of Japanese Psychological Association
1956 Advising member at Academy of Human Right
1954 Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Colorado

Key words
Experimental Psychology, Research of Emotion

Web links

References
Hiroshi Oizumi (2003). Nihonshinrigakusha-jiten. Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kress Shuppan.
Nihon no shinrigaku kanko iinkai. (1982).Nihon no shinrigaku. Tokyo: Nihon bunka kagaku sha.