Yang Kuo-shu
Yang Kuo-shu | |||||||||||||
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楊國樞 | |||||||||||||
| Born | 22 December 1932 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 17 July 2018 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||
| Other names | Yang Guoshu | ||||||||||||
| Education | National Taiwan University (BA) University of Illinois (PhD) | ||||||||||||
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| Organization | National Taiwan University | ||||||||||||
| Known for | Founder of indigenized Chinese psychology | ||||||||||||
| Notable work | Chinese Characteristics Chinese Psychology and Behavior Exploring Chinese Psychology Through Indigenous Research | ||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Li Pen-hua (m. 1962–2018) | ||||||||||||
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| Fields | Social psychology | ||||||||||||
| Institutions | National Taiwan University | ||||||||||||
| Thesis | Cognitive dissonance and recall of interrupted and completed tasks (1969) | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 楊國樞 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨国枢 | ||||||||||||
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Yang Kuo-shu (Chinese: 楊國樞; pinyin: Yáng Guóshū; 22 December 1932 – 17 July 2018) was a Taiwanese psychologist and political activist. He was a professor of psychology at National Taiwan University, where he was also the chair of its psychology department. He also the became the vice-president of Academic Sinica in 1996 and was elected as an academician in 1998. He was an advocate for political freedom and democracy during the Martial Law era, and was the founding president of the Taipei Society.