Alan S. Kaufman

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Alan S. Kaufman (born April 1944 ) is an American psychologist . He became known for developing intelligence tests. He is married to the psychologist Nadeen L. Kaufman . Both have been working at the Child Study Center in the School of Medicine at Yale University since 1997 .

Between 1978 and 1979 he developed the original Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC). His other developments include:

  • Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (K-TEA / NU)
  • Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT)
  • Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills (K-SEALS)
  • Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test (KAIT) (German adaptation: Kaufman test to measure intelligence for adolescents and adults )
  • Kaufman Short Neuropsychological Assessment Procedure (K-SNAP)
  • Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test (K-FAST)

Kaufman is a proponent of the bell curve and signed the Mainstream Science on Intelligence declaration in 1994 .

He has a son named James C. Kaufman .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Linda Gottfredson: Mainstream Science on Intelligence. In: Wall Street Journal , Dec. 13, 1994, p. A18.

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personal data
SURNAME Kaufman, Alan S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 1944