The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Jastrow, Joseph

JASTROW, jăs'trō, Joseph, American psychologist: b. Warsaw, Poland, 30 Jan. 1863. He is a son of Rabbi Jastrow (q.v.) and came to America in childhood. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1882 and has been since 1888 professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin. He became president of the American Psychological Association in 1900. In 1893 he was head of the psychological section at the World's Columbian Exposition. He contributed to the Psychological Review, of which he was associate editor and to other scientific and popular magazines. He is editor of ‘The Conduct of Mind Series’ and has published ‘Time-Relations of Mental Phenomena’ (1890); ‘Epitomes of Three Sciences’ (1890); ‘Fact and Fable in Psychology’ (1900); ‘The Subconscious’ (1906); ‘The Qualities of Men’ (1910); ‘Character and Temperament’ (1915).