Theodor Waitz

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Theodor Waitz
Gotha, Thuringia
Died21 May 1864(1864-05-21) (aged 43)
Marburg
, Hesse
Education
Occupation(s)Psychologist, anthropologist

Theodor Waitz (17 March 1821 – 21 May 1864) was a German psychologist and anthropologist. His research in psychology brought him into touch with anthropology, and he will be best remembered by his monumental work in six volumes, Die Anthropologie der Naturvölker ("The anthropology of peoples that live close to nature").[1]

Biography

Waitz was born at

Hegel, and considered psychology to be the basis of all philosophy. He died in Marburg.[1]

Theorizing boredom

Theodor Waitz contributed significantly as an affective psychologist, particularly in the field of conceptualizing boredom.[3][4] According to Waitz, boredom was about flow of thoughts. As one thought begets another, expectations on where this thought is moving towards are generated.[5] Boredom arises when those expectations are not met. Boredom is basically associated with a break in the expected flow of thoughts because of a mismatch between expected and actual mental activity.[3]

Works

The first four volumes of his Anthropologie der Naturvölker appeared at Leipzig, 1859–64, the last two were issued posthumously, edited by Georg Gerland. Waitz also published:

  • Grundlegung der Psychologie (1846).
  • Lehrbuch der Psychologie als Naturwissenschaft (1849).
  • Allgemeine Pedagogik (1852).
  • Die Indianer Nordamerikas (1864).
  • Aristotelis Organon graece; a critical edition of the Organon of Aristotle (1844).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
  2. ^ Waitz, Franz Theodor Hessian Biography
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-3-030-26395-9
    . Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  4. PMID 26551862
    . Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  5. ISBN 978-0-674-98467-7
    . Retrieved 23 February 2022.

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