郭一岑先生是中国现代心理学先驱,知觉心理学家、实验心理学家与理论心理学家,也是五四时期新文化运动的健将。郭一岑早年主编《学灯》杂志,将机能主义心理学"意识流"概念引入中国,后留学德国,师从格式塔心理学鼻祖苛勒。郭一岑对中国心理学发展的贡献主要集中在如下几个方面:(一)以奥伯特现象与遗觉象为代表的知觉心理学实验研究;(二)对中国心理学学科发展建设进行了深入的思考与系统的实践;(三)积极介绍并反思辩证唯物主义心理学思想;(四)拷问心理学学科性质与发展规律。这些工作不仅对中国现代心理学的传播与发展产生了深远的影响,也对今日相关领域的研究具有一定益处。
Kuo Itzen was a pioneer of Chinese modern psychology who was perceptual psychologist, experimental psychologist, the theory of psychologist and also was an athlete in May 4th period of the New Culture Movement. As an early editor of "Xuedeng", he promoted the new culture, new ideas, and introduced the functionalism psychology "stream of consciousness" to China. Then, he studied from Oswald Kroh and Wolfgang Kohler whom were the founders of Gestalt psychology in Germany. Kuo Itzen's mainly contributions for the development of Chinese psychology could be concluded as the following parts: (1) The experiment research in perceptual psychology represented by the research of Albert phenomenon and Eidetic; (2) The thoroughly considering and practice of the development of discipline construction in Chi- nese psychology; (3) The active introduction and reflection on the dialectical materialist psychology; (4) The interrogation of the nature and principles in psychology. All of this laid a far-reaching influence for the spread and development of the modern Chinese psychology; They would be benefit for the related field research nowadays.