Prof. PhDr. Emil Holas, DrSc. (1917 - 1985) was a Psychology

Psychology

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 educator and writer from Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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. Dr. Holas studied Latin, French, and Philosophy at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Between 1952 and 1960 Dr. Holas lead the Department of Psychology at Palacký University in Olomouc

Olomouc

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, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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. In 1960 he also held the post of the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of Palacký University. The Library of Congress

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records 3 books written or edited by Dr. Holas.

Publications by Dr. Holas

• Some problems of aggression, motivation, concept learning (1970)
• Behavior, Subject and Psychology (1971)
• Chapters from General Psychology: Thinking (1971)

Source

• History of Department of Psychology, Palacky University, Olomouc (in Chech) http://www.psych.upol.cz/katedra/historie.html