René Zazzo

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René Zazzo (born October 27, 1910 in Paris , † September 20, 1995 in Perros-Guirec , Département Côtes-d'Armor ) was a French psychologist.

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Zazzo came from a modest background and completed his school days in Paris. Subsequently, he began studying at the Sorbonne , which he had to earn through a variety of jobs.

In 1933, Zazzo received his doctorate and, with the support of his teachers Émile Meyerson and Henri Wallon, came to Arnold Gesell on a scholarship at Yale University , who was there for child psychology . In Paris, Zazzo married Bianka Goldminc (1915–2007), the daughter of Polish exiles.

After his return to France, Zazzo got a job at the Center national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and, at the same time, a teaching position at the École pratique des hautes études . During the German occupation , Zazzo worked at the Hôpital Henri Rousselle . Zazzo supported the Resistance and at the request of the doctor Jacques Solomon (1908-1942) he also joined the Université Libre .

After the end of the war, Zazzo worked with Henri Wallon on a school psychology program based on the work of Alfred Binet .

In 1955 Zazzo was elected president of the Société française de psychologie and again in 1977. Politically interested, Zazzo spoke out against the Algerian war and in September 1960 was one of the first to sign the 121st manifesto .

In 1960 Zazzo was appointed President of the Groupement français d'études de neuro-psychopathologie infantile .

René Zazzo died on September 20, 1995 in Perros-Guirec and found his final resting place there.

Fonts (selection)

  • Psychologues et psychologies d'Amérique (Nouvelle encyclopédie philosophiques; Vol. 29). PUF, Paris 1942.
  • Le devenir de l'intelligence ( Bibliothèque de philosophie contemporaine ). PUF, Paris 1946.
  • Intelligence et quotients d'âges (Bibliothèque de philosophie contemporaine). PUF, Paris 1946.
  • Les jumeaux, le couple et la personne . PUF, Paris 1960.
  1. L'individuation somatique . 273 pp.
  2. L'individuation psychologique . Pp. 276-742.
  • Conduites et conscience . Delachaux & Nestle, Neuchâtel 1960/68
  1. Psychology de l'enfant et méthode génétique . 1962.
  2. Théorie et pratique en psychologie . 1968.
  • together with Michel Gilly and Mina Verba-Rad: Nouvelle echelle métrique de l'intelligence Collin, Paris 1960/66.
  1. Principes de construction et d'utilisation . 1960.
  2. Technique d'application . 1968.
  • De garçons de 6a 12 ans . PUF, Paris 1969.
  • Les débilités mentales (Collection U). Collin, Paris 1979.

literature

  • Ana María Balmonte: Herencia, medio y educación . Salvat, Barcelona 1974, ISBN 84-3457-391-1 .
    • German: facilities, environment, education. Intelligence, what it means, how to measure and promote it . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1977, ISBN 3-499-17071-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Named after the politician Henri Rousselle (1866–1925).

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personal data
SURNAME Zazzo, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 1995
Place of death Perros-Guirec , Côtes-d'Armor department