Henry A. Murray: PersonologyPersonality is the science of people. It is used to interpret and organize the lives of humans. The central ideas of science must be "understanding what we mean by the concept of 'person' and developing methods for understanding the lives of people as a 'long unit of psychology'" (Barresi and Juckes 1988, p. . It is important to consider when studying personology from the first person perspective rather than the third person perspective. Henry A. Murray believed that personality psychology should deal with a person's life course and coined the word "personology" (Barresi and Juckes 1988). He developed the term because he felt that personality psychology was an "unwieldy" term. Personology refers to the study of “unique, complex lives lived over time, from different perspectives” (“Psychobiography: Personality”). Henry A. Murray was born in New York in 1893 into a wealthy family with an older sister. and younger brother. During his childhood, he traveled to Europe, spent summers on Long Island, and attended New England Preparatory School. Murray went to Harvard University. He majored in history but was a mediocre student. Although he was a poor student, he participated in athletic activities which included football, rowing and boxing. Murray suffered from cross-eyed eyes and a stutter, so he used sports to compensate for that. Murray attended Columbia College and earned a master's degree in biology at age 26. In 1919, he was number one in his class. He became a professor of physiology at Harvard University. He completed a 2-year internship at the New York Presbyterian Hospital in Embriology with chicken eggs. In 1927, at the age of 33, he received his doctorate in biochemistry from Cambridge. In 1923, Murray was reading young and was first introduced to psychology. He grew bored with his study of eggs and began to explore personality. During this time in Cambridge, Murray met and spent three weeks with Jung, and was even analyzed by Jung. Murray was impressed by Jung's intelligence. In 1927, Murray became deputy director of the Harvard Psychological Clinic. During World War II he was involved in the Office of Strategic Services, Training and Selection, Espionage and Secret Service. Murray is best known for what he calls "personology" and for inventing the medium of article ......ue to make advances in the field of psychology. Works CitedBarresi, J. and Juckes, JT (1988). Personology and the narrative interpretation of lives. Retrieved April 10, 2005 from http://www.beyondutopia.net/leadership-lectures/tomkins-2.pdfHenry A. Murray: A Study of Lives (nd). Retrieved April 10, 2005, from http://www.psych.westminster.edu/psy311/murray/ppframe.htmHenry A. Murray Research Center at Radcliffe. APS observer. Retrieved April 9, 2005 from http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/0102/db2.html Henry Murray: Personology (nd) Retrieved April 9, 2005 from http://www. Uwm.edu/People/hynan/407/407MURRA.html.Geriatrics.2005. Personality and psychopathology at the end of life: 1998. Extracted April 13, 2005 from the Proquest database. Murray Research Center (nd) Retrieved April 10, 2005 from http://www.radcliffe.edu/murray_redirect/Psychoanalytic Inquire. (2005). Autobiographical reflections on intersubjective history from an intersubjective perspective in psychoanalysis: 2004. Retrieved April 13, 2005 from the Proquest database. Psychobiography: Personology (nd). Retrieved April 9, 2005 from http://www.psychobiography.com/personology.html.