Abstract
Jiao Shao (邵郊, 1923–2017) (Fig. 1), who was an expert in physiological psychology and comparative psychology in China, made important contributions to the development of physiological psychology and comparative psychology, scientific research and personnel training (The obituary of Jiao Shao, 2017). He was a member of the Second Discipline Review Group of the State Council (Pedagogy), the director of the third and fifth sessions of Chinese Psychological Society (CPS), the chairman of the Professional Committee on Physiological Psychology of the CPS (1984–1988), an editorial advisory board member of the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House (First Edition), an editorial board member of Acta Psychologica Sinica (1979–1991), and he was honored as a fellow of the CPS (2007).
Highlights
On June 27th, 1923, Shao was born in Jinan City, Shandong Province, where he lived until he entered the department of psychology at Tsinghua University in 1943
In the year of 1953, in collaboration with Naichang Shen (沈迺璋) and Kuohua Sun, Shao established the first national animal conditioned reflex laboratory (Qian and Li, 2011; Yan and Zhou, 2013), which, it was later superseded by physiological psychology laboratory, was able to lay a strong foundation for psychology becoming a national key discipline (Newsroom of Acta Psychologica Sinica, 2017)
Shao worked at Peking University as an associate professor and professor, starting in 1978 after the reconstruction of the department of psychology, until he retired
Summary
Four years later, led by Kuohua Sun (孙国华), the deputy director of the philosophy department at Peking University, Shao joined this institute as Sun’s coadjutant. Shao assisted Sun by adjusting the division of disciplines; performing civil service; giving lectures; and completing experiments on higher nervous system activity, animal psychology, and comparative neuroanatomy (Dong, 1993; Qian and Li, 2011). In the year of 1953, in collaboration with Naichang Shen (沈迺璋) and Kuohua Sun, Shao established the first national animal conditioned reflex laboratory (Qian and Li, 2011; Yan and Zhou, 2013), which, it was later superseded by physiological psychology laboratory, was able to lay a strong foundation for psychology becoming a national key discipline (Newsroom of Acta Psychologica Sinica, 2017).
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