Franziska Baumgarten-Tramer
Franziska Baumgarten-Tramèr (born September 27, 1883 in Łódź , † March 1, 1970 in Bern ) was a Swiss occupational psychologist and university teacher.
Live and act
Baumgarten studied psychology both in Switzerland and at universities abroad. After completing her doctorate, she specialized in applied psychology, in which she also carried out research herself. She was strongly influenced by the Swiss psychologist Édouard Claparède , who founded the "International Association for Psychotechnology" and introduced Baumgarten to psychotechnology. Some of the first experimental work in the field of characterology came from her. Baumgarten also recognized the importance and connections between character traits and the tendency to pursue certain professions. She created several tests that are used to measure personality and are still used today.
In 1924 she married the psychiatrist Moritz Tramer , to whom she went from Berlin to Switzerland. The couple initially lived in Solothurn before moving to Bern in 1945. The two supported each other professionally and published together. Franziska Baumgarten completed her habilitation in psychotechnology at the University of Bern in 1929 and received an honorary professorship in 1954 when she retired.
In 1933 she wrote one of the first works on the lexical approach with “The Character Characteristics” , which was picked up by Allport & Odbert in 1936 and, among other things, a. led to the development of the Big Five .
Baumgarten published several books on her research area, which have been translated into 14 languages. After the Second World War she rebuilt the International Association for Psychotechnology and organized the International Congress for Psychotechnology in Bern in autumn 1949. She was also a private lecturer at the University of Bern, and later an honorary professor for industrial psychology and psychotechnology (1929–1953).
In 1949 Baumgarten worked on the entanglement of German-speaking psychology and Nazi ideology with "The German Psychologists and the Time Events". The book went largely unnoticed.
Publications (selection)
- The lie in children and adolescents , 1917
- The psychology of human treatment in the company , 1931
- The professional aptitude tests , 1st edition 1929
- The test method , 1933
- The Character Traits , 1933
- The work , 1940
- Counseling in life conflicts , 1941
- Character test of the professional candidates , 1941
- On the psychology of the machine worker , 1947
- The German Psychologists and the Events of Time , 1949
- The heroism of female academics in the war , Burgdorf: E. Baumgartner, 1950
literature
- Franziska Baumgarten , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 34/1950 from August 14, 1950, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Franziska Rogger: The doctoral hat in the broom cupboard . Bern 1999, ISBN 978-3-03919-198-7 , pp. 161 f .
- Bettina Vincenz: honest women or champions? The Swiss Association of Women Academics (SVA) in the interwar period . 1st edition. Lehmanns Media AG, Baden 2011, ISBN 978-3-03919-198-7 , pp. 246 .
Web links
- Alexandra Bloch: Baumgarten (-Tramèr), Franziska. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Franziska Baumgarten in: Psychoanalysts. Biographical lexicon
- Publications by and about Franziska Baumgarten-Tramer in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baumgarten-Tramer, Franziska |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baumgarten-Tramèr, Franziska |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss occupational psychologist and university teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Łódź |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1970 |
| Place of death | Bern |