As per our current Database, Harvey Carr has been died on Jun 21, 1954 (age 81).
When Harvey Carr die, Harvey Carr was 81 years old.
| Popular As | Harvey Carr |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
| Age | 81 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | April 30, 1873 (Indiana) |
| Birthday | April 30 |
| Town/City | Indiana |
| Nationality | Indiana |
Harvey Carr’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Harvey Carr was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Notable for his key role in the development of the psychological theory of functionalism, Carr taught for many years at the University of Chicago and briefly headed the American Psychological Association. He is particularly remembered for his famous "kerplunk experiment," which used rats as subjects.
After earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology from the University of Colorado, he held high school teaching positions in Texas, New York, and Michigan. He later returned to school, completing his doctorate in psychology at the University of Chicago.
His book Psychology: A Study of Mental Activity became the defining text of the functionalism movement.
He was raised on a farm in Indiana.
He and John Dewey were both important theorists of the functionalist school of psychology.
