Background
Mr. Chang was born in Hankou, Hubei, China in 1898.
Mr. Chang was born in Hankou, Hubei, China in 1898.
Chang Yao-chiang studied at Boone University (now Huachung University) at Wuchang and graduated from Tsinghua College (now Tsinghua University) in 1915. He went to America in 1915, where he first attended Amberst College and later Columbia University, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1918 and Master of Arts degree in psychology in 1919.
After his return to China, Chang Yao-chiang was appointed professor of Peking High Normal College in 1920. He was a founder and first president of the Chinese psychological society in Nanking in 1921 and editor of the Chinese Journal of Psychology, published by the society.
Mr. Chang served as a dean of the department of education and psychology of the Peking Normal University in 1922. Later he took up the post of a professor at the Chinan University.