▁Em met ▁County ▁Republican . ▁B ingham ▁was ▁accepted ▁to ▁Bel oit ▁College ▁in ▁Wisconsin , ▁gradu ating ▁with ▁hon ors ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁twenty . ▁For ▁a ▁time , ▁he ▁taught ▁mathematics ▁and ▁physics ▁at ▁Bel oit ▁Academy ▁and ▁El gin ▁High ▁School . ▁B ingham ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁study ▁at ▁Harvard ▁University , ▁receiving ▁a ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 . ▁He ▁continued ▁his ▁scholar ship ▁at ▁both ▁Harvard , ▁working ▁in ▁Hugo ▁Mün ster berg ’ s ▁lab ▁under ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁Ed win ▁B . ▁Hol t , ▁and ▁The ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago ▁under ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁James ▁Ang ell , ▁receiving ▁two ▁doctor al ▁degrees ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 . ▁His ▁dis sert ation , ▁entitled , ▁“ St ud ies ▁in ▁Mel ody ▁and ▁Mov ement ” ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁vast ▁experiment ation ▁exam ining ▁the ▁psych oph ys i ological ▁effects ▁of ▁mel ody ▁on ▁humans . ▁Under ▁Ang ell , ▁psych ology ▁became ▁firm ly ▁established ▁as ▁an ▁empir ical ▁subject ▁using ▁experimental ▁methods . ▁He ▁developed ▁a ▁functional ist ▁theory ▁of ▁psych ological ▁processes ▁and ▁mind - body ▁relationships , ▁specifically , ▁the ▁status ▁accord ed ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁ref lex ive ▁conscious ness ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁phys i ological ▁status . ▁Similarly , ▁Ed win ▁B . ▁Hol t ' s ▁Indust rial / Organ iz ational ▁approach ▁was ▁also ▁heavily ▁based ▁in ▁experiment ation . ▁He ▁looked