Florence Goodenough

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Florence Laura Goodenough (born August 6, 1886 in Honesdale , Pennsylvania , † April 4, 1959 in Lakeland , Florida ) was an American psychologist who, among other things, dealt with intelligence tests for children ( Goodenough Draw-A-Man Test ) based on the assessment of drawings.

Life

Goodenough studied at Columbia University a . a. with Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939) and was able to successfully complete an MA in 1921 . In 1924 she received her doctorate from Stanford University . In 1931 she became a professor at the University of Minnesota .

Florence Goodenough died on April 4, 1959 of complications from a stroke .

During her academic life, Goodenough published nine books and 26 articles in various journals.

Fonts (selection)

Essays
  • Chapter 14. In: Carl Muchison (Ed.): Handbook of Child psychology (The international university series in psychology; Vol. 10). 2nd ed. Clark University Press, Worcester, Mass. 1933.
Monographs
  • Anger in Young Children . Greenwood, Westport, Conn. 1976, ISBN 0-8371-5894-X (reprint of the New York edition 1931).
  • Exceptional children . Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York 1956.
  • Experimental child study (The century psychology series). Century Books, New York 1931 (with John Edward Anderson).
  • Measurement of Intelligence by Drawings . Ayer, Salem 1992, ISBN 0-405-06462-4 (reprint of the New York 1925 edition).
  • The mental growth of children from two to fourteen years . Greenwood, Westport, Conn. 1975, ISBN 0-8371-5895-8 (reprint of the New York edition 1942).
  • Mental testing. Its history, principles, and applications . Johnson, New York 1969 (reprint of the New York 1949 edition).

literature

  • D. Harris: Florence L. Goodenough 1886-1959 . In: Child Development , 30 : 305-306 (1959), ISSN  0009-3920 .
  • Jennifer L. Jolly: Florence L. Goodenough. Portrait of a psychologist . In: Roeper Review. A journal of gifted education , Vol. 32 (2010), pp. 98-105, ISSN  0278-3193
  • Gwendolyn Stevens and Sheldon Gardner: Florence Laura Goodenough . In: Diess. (Ed.): The women of psychology, Vol. 1: Pioneers and Innovators . Schenkman Publ., Cambridge, Mass. 1982, pp. 193-197, ISBN 0-87073-443-1 .
  • DN Thompson: Florence Laura Goodenough . In: Agnes N. O'Connell and Nancy F. Russo (Eds.): Women of Psychology. A bio-bibliographic sourcebook . Greenwood, Westport, Conn. 1990, pp. 124-133, ISBN 0-313-26091-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Goodenough, Florence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goodenough, Florence Laura (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Honesdale , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH April 4th 1959
Place of death Lakeland , Florida