Louis Leon Thurstone
Louis Leon Thurstone (born May 29, 1887 in Chicago , † September 29, 1955 in Chapel Hill (North Carolina) ) was an American engineer and psychologist .
Life
Thurstone studied electrical engineering at Cornell University and invented a. a. an innovative film camera. In 1912 Thomas Alva Edison offered him a job. In 1917 he made his Doctor of Philosophy as a psychologist at the University of Chicago . From 1924 to 1952 he was a professor there. He wrote 23 books, over a hundred scientific articles.
He developed the multiple factor analysis (centroid method) and criticized with its help the two-factor theory of intelligence by Charles Spearman as an artifact of his factor analysis method.
Thurstone describes seven intellectual primary factors ( primary mental abilities ) that are said to be the basis of human intelligence. Compared to Spearman, who assumes a general intelligence factor, this cannot be calculated for Thurstone. Its primary factors are:
- Numerical calculation (numbers)
- Language comprehension (verbal comprehension)
- Space concept (space)
- Memory (memory)
- reasoning
- Word fluency
- Perceptual speed
Career
- Professor, Carnegie Institute of Technology (1917-1924)
- Professor, University of Chicago (1924–1952)
- Director, Psychometric Laboratory, University of North Carolina (1952–1955)
- President of the American Psychological Association (1933)
- 1st President of the Psychometric Society
In 1937 Thurstone was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1938 to the National Academy of Sciences .
Fonts
- The Nature of Intelligence (1924)
- Measurement of Attitudes (1929)
- Vectors of the Mind (1935)
- Primary Mental Abilities (1938)
- Factorial Studies of Intelligence (1941)
- Multiple Factor Analysis (1947)
- Measurement of Values (1959 posthumously)
Web links
- CV (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter T. (PDF; 432 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved February 3, 2018 .
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SURNAME | Thurstone, Louis Leon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer and psychologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1887 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1955 |
Place of death | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |