Witmer, L.

Japanese: Witmer,L.(英語表記)WitmerL
Witmer, L.

...It can also be seen as a system of techniques dealing with problems of mental development and adaptation to the environment, psychological diagnosis and psychotherapy, and similar specific psychological treatments. Historically, it can be traced back to the period of the development of various test psychology beginning in the 19th century, when the American L. Witmer opened the first department called the Psychological Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania in 1896. The impetus for the development of clinical psychology in America was the psychological evaluation of war wounded during World War I and its application to social rehabilitation, the selection of abilities through mental testing, and the problem of mental retardation. ...

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Japanese:

…また精神発達や環境への適応の問題,心理診断と心理療法およびこれに準ずる具体的な心理学的処置を扱う技術の体系とみることもできる。歴史的には,19世紀に始まる種々のテスト心理学発展の時代にまでさかのぼることができるが,1896年にアメリカのウィトマーL.Witmerがペンシルベニア大学にpsychological clinicという部門を初めて開いている。アメリカにおける臨床心理学の発展の契機となったのは,とくに第1次大戦における戦傷者の心理測定とその社会復帰への応用,メンタルテストによる能力の選別,精神遅滞の問題などであった。…

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