| Abstract: | Presents an obituary for Dalbir Bindra, the quintessence of the rational man. From an early age he dedicated himself with uncommon objectivity and analytic skill to psychology as science. For him the important problem in psychology was the concomitance of neural and behavioural events. This classic problem has fascinated some of the great minds in the history of thought. With courage, persistence, optimism, and singleness of purpose, he applied all his theoretical and experimental skills to this problem. His faith in science was unusually strong. Dalbir Bindra throughout his career was active in psychology in Canada and played an important role in its growth. One of his interests was financial support for research in psychology. He wrote reports and published papers on this topic. From 1962-68 he was chairperson of the Associate Committee on Experimental Psychology of the National Research Council of Canada. He was President of the Canadian Psychological Association in 1958-59. He was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal in 1967. He was a Fellow of the Canadian and American Psychological Associations. In 1973 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, one of the very few psychologists in Canada to be so honored. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
