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German psychologist and anthropologist (1821?1864)
Theodor Waitz
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Born
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1821-03-17
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17 March 1821
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Died
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(1864-05-21)
(aged 43)
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Occupation(s)
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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 Naturvolker
("The anthropology of peoples that live close to nature").
Biography
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Waitz was born at
Gotha
and educated at the universities of
Leipzig
and
Jena
. He made philosophy, philology and mathematics his chief studies, and in 1848 he was appointed associate professor of philosophy at the
University of Marburg
(full professor, 1862).
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He was a severe critic of the philosophy of
Fichte
,
Schelling
and
Hegel
, and considered psychology to be the basis of all philosophy. He died in
Marburg
.
Theorizing boredom
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Theodor Waitz contributed significantly as an affective psychologist, particularly in the field of conceptualizing boredom.
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According to Waitz, boredom was about flow of thoughts. As one thought begets another, expectations on where this thought is moving towards are generated.
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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.
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Works
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The first four volumes of his
Anthropologie der Naturvolker
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).
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