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G. Stanley Hall

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Being an only child is a disease in itself.


— G. Stanley Hall


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Muscles are in a most intimate and peculiar sense the organs of the will.


— G. Stanley Hall


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Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.


— G. Stanley Hall


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Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.


— G. Stanley Hall


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Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.


— G. Stanley Hall


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Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.


— G. Stanley Hall


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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.


— G. Stanley Hall


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The man of the future may, and even must, do things impossible in the past and acquire new motor variations not given by heredity.


— G. Stanley Hall


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The years from about eight to twelve constitute a unique period of human life.


— G. Stanley Hall


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Hall is best remembered for his contributions to psychology for his support of applied psychology and his success in advising many doctoral students who have made great contributions to psychology. Darwin's theory of evolution and Ernst Haeckel's recapitulation theory were large influences on Hall's career. Hall also coined the technical words describing types of tickling: knismesis or feather-like tickling; and gargalesis for the harder laughter inducing type.

Granville Stanley Hall (February 1 1844 – April 24 1924) was a pioneering American psychologist and educator. Hall was the first president of the American Psychological Association and the first president of Clark University.

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